From: norsgerm@a...........   
      
   Gunilla, I did respond to your post. Did it go "postal" and and arrive by   
   mail¿   
   I'm 1\2 norwegian. Jokes are welcome.   
   Kurt   
   "Gunilla Fagerholm"  wrote in message   
   news:44bd0f9b.34123152@news1.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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