Boron wrote on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:05:57 -0500:

??>> "ebrian" > wrote in message
??>>
...
??>>> 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?
??>>
??>> You over cooked them, which pulls out the liquid.
??>>
BE> Mushrooms shrink when they are cooked properly, too.

But, as been said already, mushrooms don't *need* to be cooked
at all, so what is proper? They are pretty good raw in some
salads. I'm not arguing that they don't shrink on cooking :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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