Why You Can’t Overcook Mushrooms and The Science Behind Them | Mushrooms | What’s Eating Dan?

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Mushrooms are neither plant nor animal. So what’s the best way to cook them? Dan explains the science behind cooking this delicious fungus in this episode of What’s Eating Dan?.

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  5. My Ex is Japanese, I go out of my way to the Asian market to get Enoki, Shiitake and King Trumpet (the largest oyster mushroom). I only use white or portabellas when I'm in a pinch. I usually make a large medley of onion, garlic, red pepper, couple different mushrooms and turkey burger every week, a staple of my diet.

  9. Craziest experience with mushrooms was in 1974 at an army recreation area in Georgia which happened to border a cow pasture. Growing from the cow pies were mushrooms with purple underbellies. Subsequent adding those mushrooms to a couple cans of Campbell's Cream of mushrooms soup cooked over a campfire for dinner, that cow pasture was over the next few hours invaded by dinosaurs, unicorns, giant mosquitos and countless governors named Jimmie Carter.
    Hey. You asked.

  13. For my future reference:
    4:43 wonderful nerd talk ends, How-To begins
    Put 1 pound 🍄in skillet
    Add 1/4 cup 💧
    (or 1/2 pound 🍄 + 1 oz ?)
    High Heat
    Saute ~5 minutes until 🍄 have collapsed and skillet is dry
    Add 1/2 tsp oil
    Brown
    Season

  16. Whenever I sautee mushrooms I toss them in oil and spices, then I cover them while cooking- the oil coats them in spices so well before cooking and the steam adds water while cooking. It works perfectly every time.

  20. Can you just not use water? I totally forgot this concept and literally threw mushrooms into a pot or skillet and just let heat bring the moisture out. I let all the liquid evaporate and then add oil to cook them. Finally, I add condiments like soy sauce while it's still in the pan and once plated, I use Japanese mayo.

  31. Wow. Mind blown. I will pre-cook mushrooms without oil from now on!
    Also, my craziest experience with mushrooms was when my friend and I watched bubbles trapped under ice between a flowing stream and its frozen surface for *hours*, after eating some. Delicious!

  34. I think microwaving them is actually superior. Given you don't need to add oil/butter until the end, you might as well just microwave them down, and then add the fat/oil and seasoning. I cook them UNCOVERED in the microwave to help remove the excess water until the evolved water has gone. Adding water in a pan is a bit weird, you're adding water which you then have to immediately boil off again, whereas they're packed full of water anyway, so they microwave super well and you don't need to add anything except flavor.

  35. Why add water in the first place just to drive it out again? The way I've been doing it all my life is to simply put the mushrooms in as is and evaporate all the water out before adding the butter with salt/pepper to finish them off. Pure deliciousness.

  39. my craziest time with mushrooms was the last time I ate mushrooms it was a king trumpet veggie taco and i fell out of my chair in an allergic reaction. i really liked other more common mushrooms before that quite a bit, but i was scared to eat them any more after that one bad time. this video makes me want to eat the ones i know are okay again. those looked so tasty. a nice button mushroom saute sounds delicious. also in the game Ark where you play a realistic survival game they have you harvest Chitin from 8 different kinds of creatures, to make armor with… this is only the second time I heard of Chitin in your video. I wonder if eating it makes you stronger apart from the obvious benefits of eating..

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