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   From: caterpillar@amuscaria.invalid   
      
   Scott L wrote on Wednesday 28 Nov 2007 1:08 am:   
      
   > My wife brought home some store-bought PNW matsutake the other day. I   
   > assume these were growing down by Florence somewhere because they were   
   > very sandy. I sinned by rinsing the mushrooms under running cold   
   > water, but this wasn't enough to remove all the sand.   
   >   
   > Made a great stir fry out of them, and really got to experience their   
   > flavor, but the sand was very off-putting. Is there a clever method to   
   > remove the sand without rinsing the mushrooms to the point of   
   > sogginess?   
   >   
   > On another note, we found an 8 pound cauliflower mushroom (S. crispa I   
   > think) out in the Cascades this weekend. We used a pound in a very   
   > delicious cream of mushroom soup and we're looking for other recipe   
   > ideas. But back on topic, cleaning this mushroom was a true pain. The   
   > "flower petals" overlap strongly and all kinds of crap was hiding in   
   > there. I think I removed all of the spiders, and got almost all of the   
   > pine needles and dirt. But 100% clean? I don't think it's even   
   > possible.   
   >   
   > I should take a picture of what's left of the S. crispa...   
   >   
   > Scott   
   I find cauliflower mushroom  very good chopped up   
   and fried with scrambled eggs.   
   With regard to cleaning the best thing to do is only   
   harvest the clean bits. Your 8lb specimen will   
   probably only yield, say, 6lbs, but the reduction   
   in stress is amazing.   
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