Re: Mushrooms
This is really interesting, seeing all the different beliefs and procedures with the preparation of the humble mushroom.
Like others have said, if I buy the tiny buttons, I don't peel them, but the bigger ones where the outer skin comes off easily, then I do peel. I don't wash any unless they visibly dirty.
Occasionally there is a small blob of soil in the cultivated ones, which I just either knock off or wash off, but I don't wash them otherwise.
I have never been brave enough to identify and pick wild mushrooms, so that part doesn't apply to me.
Thanks for the input everybody, there doesn't seem to be a definite Right or Wrong way according to our collective ideas so far.