Do I need to clean mushrooms?

Champignons are one of the most favorite and popular mushrooms. They are included in a wide variety of dishes and even eaten raw. The popularity of champignons is justified not only by their good taste qualities, but also by their undoubted utility. They contain vitamins B, C and D, linoleic acid, sodium, phosphorus, potassium and amino acids. And these mushrooms contain easily digestible protein, so they are recommended to include vegetarians in their diet. According to scientists, the use of champignons can improve brain activity and memory, as well as reduce the risk of heart attack and the appearance of atherosclerosis. But that all these useful qualities could be learned by the body, you need to know the rules of processing mushrooms, namely how to clean them, and whether it should generally be done with champignons. The answer to this will not be unambiguous, as everything depends on where these mushrooms came from in your kitchen. It's one thing if you bought them in a supermarket (on the market), and quite another if you collected it in the forest with your own hands. Let's consider both cases, and we will understand, whether it is obligatory to clean the purchased mushrooms and what to do with fresh forest mushrooms.

Do I need to clean fresh mushrooms?

On the question of whether to clean mushrooms, many housewives will say that they do not clean them and do not understand why this is necessary. Someone even argues that if you order a salad of fresh champignons in a restaurant, they will be served there with uncleaned ones. Yes, it is, but this does not mean that champignons can be put into action immediately, as soon as they were taken from the counter. At least, mushrooms need to be wiped with a wet towel or napkin. Of course, such mushrooms were grown in artificial conditions, on a substrate, and it seems that they have nowhere to get dirty. But all the same, the growing conditions of champignons are not sterile, and can not be so. And we also certainly can not know what fertilizers were used to stimulate growth. Therefore, it is better not to limit the wiping of champignons with a damp cloth, and rinse them under running water and get wet with a napkin. Since such mushrooms are small and young, they do not need any more processing.

Do I need to clean forest (garden) mushrooms?

Clean mushrooms collected with their own hands, such a question probably does not arise from many - clean forest mushrooms certainly do not look. But how to properly clean them, maybe not everyone knows. Therefore, it makes sense to consider in detail how to prepare forest mushrooms for subsequent eating.

If you have typed small mushrooms, then there will not be much work with them. It is enough to brush off the remains of adherent earth from the mushroom, rinse the mushrooms under running water and update the cut at the foot with a sharp knife. Then you can cut the mushrooms into pieces of the right size, and it is better to leave whole. The skin on the hat of the young champignons is very delicate and delicate, so removing her work is ungrateful and meaningless.

If the champignons are not so small, 4-5 cm or more, their approach requires more serious. Because at them a cap is covered with a skin which at soft processing softens, not especially well, so, it is better to remove it from a mushroom. But the first step, of course, is to clean the fungus from the dirt with a brush and rinse it under running water. Further, the mushrooms are dried with a paper towel and proceed to its peeling. To do this, attach it to the edge of the cap with a sharp knife and gently pull the center of the fungus. Having cleansed the cap from the skin, cut the bottom of the leg. It should be taken into account that storage in the refrigerator on mushrooms does not have the best effect, but because the longer the champignons have lain in the refrigerator, the greater part of the leg will need to be cut off. You can not remove the skirt from the leg, it is edible.