Mushrooms are a rather useful and nutritious product, which in nutritional value is equivalent to meat. But they require a certain attention and proper handling. An important procedure is their cleaning.
Pick your recipe
In order to quickly clean the mushrooms, it is necessary, even in the forest, when collecting them, to remove the dents that are dented and affected by worms and insects, to clean them of leaves, needles. You will spend a little more time collecting, but protect yourself from additional cleaning the house.
In the kitchen, sort the mushrooms according to varieties and according to the method of their processing, throw out those whose edibility you doubt. Arrange in different piles those that you plan to dry, fry, cook. You should know that mushrooms are a rather perishable product, so they need to be cooked as soon as possible, preferably within 3-4 hours.
Also note that some types of mushrooms contain rapidly oxidizing substances, due to which, when they are in a warm room for a long time, the mushrooms darken and become unattractive (for example, red-headed). Therefore, it is better to put the basket with the “booty” in a well-blown room or immediately dip the mushrooms in slightly salted cool water (citric acid can be added instead of salt).
After that, with the help of the knife, once again remove all the darkened parts and wormholes, it should be remembered that the mushrooms worm quite quickly, also clean the legs with scraping movements. In russula and butter, remove the peel from the hat, it is removed quite easily. In mushrooms with a tubular hat, it is better to remove this part of it.
After the mushrooms have been sorted, they need to be washed, but this should be done quickly. It is best to use a colander for this, put the product in it and substitute under a stream of cold water. Leave the mushrooms so for a while to allow excess water to glass, and chop for further cooking. Do not rinse the mushrooms that you will dry, just brush off all the debris with a brush and cut into pieces of the desired size.