From: gunilla.fagerholm@_NO_JUNK_telia.com   
      
   Hi Kurt,   
   I must say your name sounds very Swedish!   
      
   Does not the saline soak leave any salty taste on the mushrooms?   
      
   We had our dried oysters checked in a big company´s laboratory while   
   in Africa and as we understood it they checked especially for bugs.   
      
   When we were away for some time from our home, our staff were   
   negligent about sorting the fresh mushrooms, taking away the   
   bug-infested ones, before drying them. When we were back and i checked   
   the dried mushrooms it was quite evident (visible) which one had been   
   bug-infested and which ones not. What i mean is that if you want to   
   export or sell the dried ones, you must make sure that they are of   
   good quality.   
      
   I on the other hand would not mind to eat a few bugs.   
      
   Gunilla   
      
   PS. I do not know what -pholiatas is but it surely turns my stomach   
   thinking about too many bugs.   
      
      
      
   On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:06:26 -0500, "Kurt"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Here is a strange answer.   
   >Late in the summer season in northern MN oysters have more insects. But if   
   >they are harvested promptly (trading maximum yield for quality) it only   
   >takes a brief saline soak to clean them.   
   >Dry a buggy mushroom and you won't notice bugs.   
   >   
   >But this is N MN and not africa.   
   >I've found pholiotas that are so infested (usually that is the case) with   
   >insects that your stomach turns.   
   >Kurt   
   >   
      
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