Post by: loulou on March 23, 2006, 11:15:51 pm
Love/ Hate them ?
I love them except mushroom soup is vile.
Post by: smurfboy on March 23, 2006, 11:24:19 pm
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Post by: oldspice on March 24, 2006, 07:02:33 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 24, 2006, 08:22:21 am
mushrooms
Post by: chocolate chick on March 24, 2006, 10:03:10 am
Post by: goldencup on March 24, 2006, 11:34:45 am
I make superb mushroon soup. I like them stuffed and roasted.
Whenever I make mushroom soup it turns out a really offputting colour. Any secrets to this please Oldspice? Does it matter which type of mushrooms you use for instance?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 24, 2006, 12:41:59 pm
I had mushroom soup for lunch today but mine was from a can, not homemade.
On Wednesday I had a hearty vegetable and lentil soup. Another member of staff walked by and said to me "I hope that's healthy 'cause it looks really awful" 
It looked really nice to me!
Post by: chocolate chick on March 24, 2006, 01:23:54 pm
Thats what David says about my meals, just cos they dont look like sausage and chips!Post by: smurfboy on March 24, 2006, 03:21:57 pm
I had mushroom soup for lunch today but mine was from a can, not homemade.
On Wednesday I had a hearty vegetable and lentil soup. Another member of staff walked by and said to me "I hope that's healthy 'cause it looks really awful"
I love how people think it's okay to comment on your lunch at work! My old boss (the legendary she-devil) used to tell people off for eating white bread and once told one of the designers his lunch smelt like dog food! What made it worse was she was in no position to be pious about food - she once announced 'ooh, I'd love a spam and brown sauce buttie right now!'
Post by: smurfboy on March 24, 2006, 03:23:14 pm
Quote from: oldspiceI make superb mushroon soup. I like them stuffed and roasted.Whenever I make mushroom soup it turns out a really offputting colour. Any secrets to this please Oldspice? Does it matter which type of mushrooms you use for instance?
Try adding a drop of milk GC. It sounds simple but it can lighten the colour without affecting the taste too much (and it looks less like you're eating grey water!)
Post by: oldspice on March 24, 2006, 03:59:38 pm
Absolutely! I use half milk and half water and use finely chopped flat mushrooms. This is what I do:
Finely chop about six large, fat mushrooms. Put them into a large, heavy bottomed saucepan and saute in butter or substitute. Add a pint of chicken or vegetable stock and a paste made of water and several table spoons of cornflour. Add a pint of milk (I use semi-skimmed). Bring to the boil, then quickly lower the heat and simmer for about an hour (alternatively, pour into a slow cooker and cook as you normally would in a slow cooker). When the mushrooms are soft and the soup "tastes right", liquidise half of the mixture to get a finer and more intensively flavoured soup.
You can substitute the mushrooms for leeks and cook in the same way.
Post by: smurfboy on March 24, 2006, 04:36:41 pm
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Post by: loulou on March 24, 2006, 06:11:15 pm
Post by: on March 24, 2006, 09:24:02 pm
BURP!
Post by: goldencup on March 24, 2006, 10:54:16 pm
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Post by: on March 25, 2006, 07:58:25 am
I'm not mad about mushrooms to eat but I like to study them. Some of the fungi are lethally poisonous. People should avoid things like Death Cap Amanita phalloides, Destroying Angel Amanita virosa and The Panther Amanita panterina. Others like Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria are rarely fatal, but can make you very ill.
NEVER eat mushrooms you've picked yourself unless they're those really huge Horse Mushrooms. Nearly all the edible varieties have a poisonous lookalike.
Post by: goldencup on March 25, 2006, 01:45:18 pm
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Post by: smurfboy on March 25, 2006, 03:09:33 pm
Thanks for the tip Bounty - I was just about to eat those attractive bright red ones with the white spots that I found in the garden...
Don't eat that, it's my goddamn house!
Post by: oldspice on March 25, 2006, 04:14:34 pm
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