Bought a package of these at the local Asian market the other day.
Coarsely chopped and stir-fried them in a little peanut oil. A little
bitter but otherwise completely uninteresting.

Went ahead with the rest of the Mu Shu pork dish I was doing for dinner,
and just dumped the beech mushies in at the end, where they vanished,
from a taste standpoint.

Am I missing something here? Is there a "better" way to prepare them?

Isaac

isw > wrote:

>Bought a package of these at the local Asian market the other day.
>Coarsely chopped and stir-fried them in a little peanut oil. A little
>bitter but otherwise completely uninteresting.
>
>Went ahead with the rest of the Mu Shu pork dish I was doing for dinner,
>and just dumped the beech mushies in at the end, where they vanished,
>from a taste standpoint.
>
>Am I missing something here? Is there a "better" way to prepare them?

Probably not. I have tried many types of mushrooms and the
only ones with really excellent flavor are boletus, and agaricus
are about as good as any of the rest. It does not surprise
me at all that some obscure mushroom would be flavorless.

They are, however, pretty nutritious in most cases.

Steve

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> isw > wrote:
>
> >Bought a package of these at the local Asian market the other day.
> >Coarsely chopped and stir-fried them in a little peanut oil. A little
> >bitter but otherwise completely uninteresting.
> >
> >Went ahead with the rest of the Mu Shu pork dish I was doing for dinner,
> >and just dumped the beech mushies in at the end, where they vanished,
> >from a taste standpoint.
> >
> >Am I missing something here? Is there a "better" way to prepare them?
>
> Probably not. I have tried many types of mushrooms and the
> only ones with really excellent flavor are boletus, and agaricus
> are about as good as any of the rest. It does not surprise
> me at all that some obscure mushroom would be flavorless.
>
> They are, however, pretty nutritious in most cases.
>
> Steve

To date, my favorite asian mushrooms have been Shitake, Oyster, King
Oyster, Veiled lady and Enoki.
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