cybercat wrote:

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote :
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> > > >
> > > > Mushroom don't absorb water?? Says who???
> > > >
> > >
> > > They do.
> >
> >
> >
> > Weigh a mushroom. take an ounce of water and pour it in the cap
> > then dump it out. Re-weigh the mushroom.
> >
>
> I guess I could ... but I don't need to.
>
> I can tell by the way they behave when cooked.
>
> (I don't know who Alton is, and I don't care.)

Alton Brown, host of the "Good Eats" Food Network show. He did an
episode devoted to kitchen myths. Mushrooms don't absorb water! Searing
meat doesn't seal in juices (no matter what Emeril says)!



Brian

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