"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> Green Mtn. Griller wrote:
>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > aem > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Green Mtn. Griller wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Years ago I was taught that the only way to clean mushrooms was with
>> >>> a
>> >>> damp
>> >>> towel or with one of those little soft-bristle brushes. That rinsing
>> >>> them
>> >>> under water, either standing or running, was bad as that method
>> >>> washed
>> >>> away
>> >>> taste and the mushrooms would absorb water. Recently, I started
>> >>> rinsing
>> >>> them under running water and patting them dry. Can't say that I've
>> >>> really
>> >>> noticed a difference. Any insights on this? (Yeah, I gotta get a
>> >>> life...)
>> >
>> >>Julia Child had a similar experience, eventually coming around to
>> >>saying there was nothing wrong with rinsing mushrooms or dipping them
>> >>in a bowl of water, as long as it was brief and you dried them
>> >>afterwards. True, they are little sponges, but they aren't so fast at
>> >>absorbing water that a quick rinse will spoil them. -aem
>> >
>> > Plus, damp towels are ideal germ incubators. Do not use a damp
>> > towel for anything in the kitchen, especially cleaning something
>> > that's about to go into a salad raw.
>> >
>> > Steve
>>
>> The damp towels were always paper towels, guess I should have specified
>> that. They didn't last too long before being tossed.
>
> Um, they mean a *clean* damp towel, not one you just used to wipe the
> floor or your stupid ass... what a dumb shit you are... didn't always
> have "always" paper towels you juvenile snot.
>
> Where do they find these moroons...
>
>
> Sheldon
>

Now why do you have to start calling names? And I'm juvenile?! I'll
attribute the first part of your reply to the statement from the person who
brought up germ incubators. But, I do know that we didn't always have
"always" paper towels, or "any other" paper towels; not until 1907, anyway.
What I meant, hopefully you can comprehend this time, was that paper towels,
as opposed to cloth towels, were always used to clean the mushrooms. You
miserable old ******.