From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   mimus wrote:   
   > Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
   >   
   >>ram wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>ram wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>What have you found recently?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Nothing *lately*.  But, I have been using dried Auricularia auricula in   
   >>>>salad dressing.   
   >>>   
   >>>Hey, i tried your salad dressing, but It's pretty much tasteless...my   
   >>>dinner partener described it as tasting like "vinager"...hahaha, maybe   
   >>>I put too much vinegar.   
   >>>   
   >>>Previous to your suggestion, i thought the Judas-Ear was appreciated   
   >>>more for its chewy texture rather then it's flavour.   
   >>   
   >>It does thicken the dressing.  And, there are its supposed health   
   >>benefits...  Also, a pinch of sugar might uncover hidden flavors.  I   
   >>used Grifola frondosa in the same manner, and it had a distinct   
   >>nutty/almond flavor.  I'm very anxious to try morels in a salad   
   >>dressing.  And, I'll probably be using mushrooms I find this year,   
   >>ground and dried, in various sauces and dressings.  Some otherwise   
   >>indigestible polypores might find use finely grounded and added to a   
   >>dish for color, if not health benefits.   
   >   
   >   
   > What about poisons? or, if you will, unnecessary pharmaceuticals, like an   
   > emetic or laxative when you don't really need one . . . .   
   >   
      
   And, thus one of the purposes for this newsgroup; to relate experiences   
   with mushrooms, be they positive, negative or indifferent.   
      
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