Default User wrote:

>
> > > 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)!
>

I will buy the deal about mushrooms not absorbing water, but when I cook
steaks or chops I slap them on a hot pan or grill pan to sear and then turn
the heat down, and they turn out tender and juicy.