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> > 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.
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> I can tell by the way they behave when cooked.
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> (I don't know who Alton is, and I don't care.)
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Why do you guys talk about mushrooms as if they were one? Ink caps
absorb water, but boletus or agaircus do not. How many of you pick
them, and how many varieties? Next you will be saying that they have no
taste of their own.