Nancy Young wrote:
> [snip] ... they don't soak up as much water
> as people would think. Alton Brown even proved that on his
> show.
>
Long before Alton Brown, I remember a Julia Child show where she dumped
a large pile of mushrooms into a big bowl of water, swished them around
briefly, then drained them into a colander. From there to a clean
towel. She wasn't a bit worried about their absorbing too much water.
Just don't forget them and leave them to soak.

This is not to be confused with a duxelles (sp?) where you chop
mushrooms into a small mince and wrap them in a towel and squeeze a lot
of (naturally occurring) water out of them. Then cook them in butter
till dark and dry. -aem