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To wash or not to wash

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Mr Ploppy

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Perth Western Australia, 3rd house on the right

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03-11-2015, 02:41 AM

Re: To wash or not to wash

Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->

I think the moment tesco sell anyone unsafe fungi they will be in big trouble so I trust their cultivated mushrooms are safe. I live quite close to a mushroom farm they only fungi they grow is edible they would be closed down if they sold unsafe fungi into the food chain.

Yes of course. I'm absolutely sure that Tesco are doing the right thing. But don't forget that there are some criminals out there who have contaminated food in the past. It doesn't happen very often and is probably nothing to worry about.

Me Again

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California

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03-11-2015, 04:29 AM

Re: To wash or not to wash

My son-in-law worked at a plant where they grew mushrooms and he says there's no need to wash. But I'm of the old school that washes everything.

oxymoron47

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Australia

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03-11-2015, 08:38 AM

Re: To wash or not to wash

I give my mushrooms a quick wash, considering the medium in which they are grown.

JainieB

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Hampshire UK

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03-11-2015, 01:18 PM

Re: To wash or not to wash

I don't wash or peel mushrooms, just eat them as they come, raw or cooked. I haven't sufferd so far.

Boots

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Dorset UK

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03-11-2015, 03:21 PM

Re: To wash or not to wash

I don't wash or peel mushrooms either. I would not normally eat mushrooms unless they came from a shop, although I have in the past eaten ones grown in the wild, when I was sure that they had been picked by someone who knew their mushrooms - so to speak.

Marj

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England

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03-11-2015, 03:33 PM

Re: To wash or not to wash

Originally Posted by Alan Cooke ->

When I was a child me and my older brother used to get up at the crack of dawn to go collecting mushrooms and we used to get loads of them. Wild ones taste so much better than cultivated ones.

Same here Alan, I used to go with my elder brother at the crack of dawn mushroom picking, just peel and cook Mmmmm wonderful.

How he knew they were safe I dont know, never gave it a thought way back