From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   ram wrote:   
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   > What have you found recently?   
   >   
      
   Nothing *lately*.  But, I have been using dried Auricularia auricula in   
   salad dressing.  I found some today, but I have so much I didn't harvest   
   it.  I dry and store it.  For dressing, I coarsely grind the dried   
   mushrooms in a coffee grinder.  I mix it with salt, whatever spices fit   
   the mood, and either red wine vinegar or rice wine vinegar, and heat in   
   the microwave.  The warm vinegar solution is then mixed with olive oil   
   to complete the dressing.   
      
   I've made dressing using dried Grifola frondosa, that I found last fall.   
     It has an almond-like flavor.  I'm anxious to try other varieties in a   
   similar fashion.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)