I LOVE this post. I enjoy it so much when you share practical culinary tips with your readers (groupies?). Unlike Cid, my dishwasher doesn’t have a mushroom basket, but I’ve always run them under cold water and used a little soft vegetable brush on them. Being a mushroom amateur, I’ve never collected my own as I’m afraid I’ll end up singing old Jefferson Airplane songs while hallucinogenically dancing my way through the forest, never to be heard from again. I don’t know my wild mushrooms well enough to “dig” in and collect them myself.

I have some shiitake mushrooms on hand which I plan to use tonight in a rice stuffed acorn squash dish.

Another great photo, by the way.

Melissa
P.S. I woke up to 4 inches of snow on the ground this morning so if there are any wild mushrooms around here, they’re not ready for prime time yet.

Miles

I love full flavoured wild mushrooms and have always found them difficult to clean. Some say just brush them, others wash under a running tap but I reckon the best way has to be yours.

Does this mean I have to stop putting them in the dishwasher?

I’ve enjoyed my Sunday after a hectic week and later I plan to catch up on some reading in front of the fire if it turns chilly. Since ridding the house of excessive chocolate and other tempting treats, I find I never seem to have any nibbles in when people call. With that in mind and after checking in the baking cupboard, I found I had lots of odd packets of nuts and some dates. So I’ve made a large batch of cantuccini (or biscotti) because they last a long time and because I like one every now and again with a cup of good coffee or tea. Like I do with most things now, I wondered if our gluten free friends can cook biscotti with a suitable flour? What say you Melissa?

Cid