[Sca-cooks] question about mushrooms

[Saint Phlip]

They don't really freeze very well, in my experience- the freezing
tends to burst the cells, and you wind up with mushroom slop ;-P They
seem to do better if lightly blanched and frozen. They do OK canned,
but the best method of preserving them that I've seen is dried. That
way, they seem to retain the most texture and flavor, IMO.

On 9/1/06, Alexa <mysticgypsy1008 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are mushrooms able to be frozen?  Can you freeze them raw or must they be cooked?  If they must be cooked, best way to cook them to retain most of the flavor?  Best way to freeze them?
>  The reason I ask.  I have a friend of mine that her neighbor brings a lot of the produce home from various places ( I think she works for a local grocery chain or something) many, many times there are varieties of mushrooms.  I was thinking if there is a way to freeze these, they would be great to do as like a stuffed mushroom cap kind of dish.
>
>  Alexa
>  Barony of Marinus


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