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Love mushrooms. Love portobello mushrooms in a white cream sauce with fettucini. Mushrooms stuffed with anything. Mushrooms sauteed in butter or in beef broth with steak. I just made myself crave....guess? Off I go to the grocery store!
I absolutely love all mushrooms though my favourites are Wild ones like Morels,Chanterelles, Mousserons, Giroles,Ceps ,etc... I find cultivated mushrooms often more bland. I also love Truffles ( black and white).
I prefer when the mushroom takes centre stage though rather than disguised in dishes. A fricassee of Wild Fungi cooked in butter with a little fresh flat parsley, some garlic and a splash of wine for example is a delight for the tastebuds. Always perfect as an accompaniment to a good Fillet Steak.
I like them fine, but they really don't taste like much of anything unless they are sauted in butter.
What I don't understand is why some people hate them so much, since they are so bland tasting.
Fav. $hitake (DH hates them but I looove them)... in Korean Beef stews, to Chinese Chicken soups, from Mushroom in my rice cake stir fried dishes... to be braised with my chinese broccoli or abalone dishes... or some herbal soups etc...
Potabella is awesome in Italian marsala wine sauces, sauted in butter (and / or w/ wine) to top that awesome grilled ribeye steaks, or pickled to serve as an appetizer w/ olives, or fried pickled (yummm) / top that pickled mushroom in salads...
Different fungus in Asian cuisine add different dimension & textures to the dishes... (Oyster mushrooms, Morels, Matsutake, Maitake, Enoki {fav. in japanese soups / hotpots}... Chinese cloud ear fungus {fav. in Chinese NY dishes, "golden needle" mushrooms, so many mushrooms mushrooms... etc.)
Ate truffles in Italian restaurants, French cuisines.... great experiences (though I never had a chance to use it as an ingredient).
Button mushrooms can be served in Japanese clear broth soups, topped in salads, use as dips, batter fried, baked with pastas and everyone knows how to use cream of mushroom soups... etc.
I like the taste they impart to foods but I usually pick 'em out and chuck 'em. But, I'm not that bad. I'll eat them if they aren't too obvious or numerous.
Dislike. Unpleasant, rubbery texture and the taste is just meh. They aren't so terrible that I won't eat food that has mushroom in it, I just don't want them to be a featured part of my meal.
It seems like you and I are in the minority in our dislike of mushrooms. Another thing for me is purely psychological--just knowing that mushrooms are a fungus just makes me want to gag.
It seems like you and I are in the minority in our dislike of mushrooms. Another thing for me is purely psychological--just knowing that mushrooms are a fungus just makes me want to gag.
That's how my husband's brother feels about them. But there are so many dishes that he's had them in without even knowing because they are usually made with cream of mushroom soup Ha Ha Ha!!!
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