"I've had sand on my vegetables before. Can I wash them?"
I've found sand in salad multiple times. Not washing greens are weird.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2024
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There are a lot of people who think, largely due to misinformed cooking shows, that you shouldn't wash mushrooms, just wipe them off.
If you want them washed, maybe say "Hey, I can help out by washing those for you."
As far as I've found, they're both right. You shouldn't have to wash your mushrooms, but it's not a bad idea if you're not buying fancy mushrooms.
The generic button mushroom variants you're probably getting at the grocery store are grown in compost, which often contains some manure - ie poops.
But before growing mushrooms it's pasteurized. Mycelium is picky, and fairly easily out-competed by other stuff, so to make sure you're just growing mushrooms and not bacteria you basically have to sterilize the medium they're grown in.
But those mushrooms are often grown in open beds, and harvested by hand. And that means they get that poop dirt right up on them. Will it immediately give you super botulism? Probably not but it's still kinda ick.
Fancier mushroom varieties from smaller cultivars are the ones that actually don't really need washed and often shouldn't be. They're grown in highly sterile environments and they fruit out of a container, so they never touched the poop. And that's if they even used compost - lots use straw or wood.
If you do decide to wash your button mushrooms it's not a big deal, they aren't actually sponges, and they don't absorb as much water as some cooking shows say. If they get soggy it probably means they're old, try putting them in the fridge for a few hours uncovered. It's basically a dehydrator.
Not only should you wash them, you should also start a sautee with a couple tablespoons of water, then add fats later.
If you add the fat first, the mushrooms are going to release so much liquid that you just have to boil that off anyway.
Running mushrooms under water makes them soggy, that's just reality. You can get them just as clean wiping them with a slightly damp paper towel or cloth without that happening.
From Serious Eats:
First off, it's true: mushrooms do absorb water when you wash them, but it's only about 2% of their total weight, or, translated to volume, that's about 1 1/2 teaspoons of water per pound, which in turn translates to an extra 15 to 30 seconds of cooking time.
"Soggy" is an exaggeration.
It's not about the absorption. They get soggy/slimy if you don't immediately cook them
I think you're about to cook them.
Been washing all kinds of mushrooms for years and I‘ve had the opposite experience. They’re only soggy if they’ve been cooking in oil, soaked it up, then dumped all their water. They don’t get brown as they soak up the oil, and then they dump it all out with the water, meaning you’re just steaming them until you evaporate off all the water.
Best is to wash the mushrooms, slice, cook in a little bit of water until they dump out their water, cook until the water has evaporated, then add oil and brown (or even crisp if you desire).
Perfect mushrooms every time (I’ve dated a lot of vegans so I’ve eaten mushrooms every few days for over a decade).
This assumes you're going to fry them. If you want raw mushrooms in a salad, it's going to be a lot more noticeable.
Raw mushrooms are borderline wasteful to eat. We can't digest the chitin and cell walls so most of the nutritional value passes straight through.
"Do you mind if I wash these? I'm allergic to pesticides, even in trace amounts."
No need to fabricate some lie, as that might backfire at some point.
"Hey I would be more comfortable if the vegetables were washed. Do you mind if I wash them?"
Or just offer to help and start washing them.
The important thing is to not make it about them, but about you. Most people don't get offended when you make it all about yourself, and not them doing something wrong.
Stick a carrot up your ass and put it back in the bunch.
There are ~~sides~~ dudes so manly that when they go to the bathroom they thoroughly wash their hands before doing their business, but not afterwards.
Now you know why the cold and the flu and now COVID will never go away.
I work with my hands so if my hands are covered in grease or dirt or whatever I wash my hands before taking a piss. I do wash my hands after as well.
You full well know we're talking about the average guy in just your everyday average bathroom usage.
We're not talking about edge cases.
There are some edge cases where you would never wash your hands - because you don't have any, or wearing a pee bag (whatever they are called)...
There are some edge cases where you should just pee in your clothes - when you're floating in the middle of the ocean all alone...
There are some edge cases where you always make someone else handle your business - when you're in a coma...
There are some edge cases where you should hold your pee - someone has an example...
What other edge cases do you want to think up to prove absolutely nothing?
If you're just peeing that makes a lot of sense.
You don't wash your hands after peeing?