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Default How to prevent shrinking mushrooms

On Dec 10, 10:09 am, ebrian > wrote:
> I was experimenting with some mushrooms in a pasta sauce last night
> and found that I had to keep adding mushrooms because they were
> disappearing (shrinking) on me. Is there a trick or way to prepare
> them so that when they won't shrink, or shrink less during cooking?


I've always heard don't salt them while cooking til the very end. It
draws the moisture out and they shrink more.