What are you eating?

[Luke]

Shocked: I just watched one of my culinary heroes Jaques Pepin place mushrooms in water. Blasphemy I say. Never, ever clean mushrooms with water (unless they are dehydrated). It takes out all the flavor.

Giving them a very quick rinse to get off the dirt and grit is perfectly acceptable. Gourmet magazine conducted an experiment a few years ago to determine how much moisture mushrooms actually absorb if you wash them. The magazine found that mushroom's absorb no more water than most vegetables (i.e., they absorb about as much as asparagus), and the magazine recommended washing them. Accordingly, I now give mushrooms a quick paper-towel bath before using them. I have noticed a decrease in grit but no change in flavor.

Dry paper towel for me, and that is it.

I'll rinse leeks for hours, but when it comes to shrooms I've never tasted one that was gritty or dirty, just "mushroomy". It's not about absorbing water, it's about the loss of that Earthy flavor that makes a mushroom a mushroom. If that means a bit of dirt, fine by me.

[MrPopo]

I was doing a comparison with Starkist Solid White Albacore, and looking at the AmazonFresh site it was showing up at $0.43/oz, or $6.88/lb.

Per can?

Lat time I did this exercise canned tuna was closer to sixty-six cents an ounce, a fairly big difference.

Yeah, that was the price/oz on the 12oz can of solid white albacore. The smaller size might be worse, but I only buy the 12oz cans (barring sale shenanigans) because that's how much I need when I cook with it.

[Luke]

Yeah, that was the price/oz on the 12oz can of solid white albacore. The smaller size might be worse, but I only buy the 12oz cans (barring sale shenanigans) because that's how much I need when I cook with it.

Standard size is 5oz.(or less), so there is the caveat.

Economies of scale aside, canned tuna costs more than fresh lobster.

winner winner, lobster dinner.

I could go on and on with this too, including resume paper vs. toiler paper.

[GreyD]

started to do the paleo-diet...2 weeks have past and I'm already getting sick of it, so Ill propably get me a burger later^^

[s1mplehumar]

Nothing wrong with rinsing (briefly) fresh mushrooms. You're going to have remnants of organic bits left...even with scrubbing.

[Luke]

Nothing wrong with rinsing (briefly) fresh mushrooms.

Never!

Somethings I just can't bring myself to do, and rinsing mushrooms is one of them. Like buying ground beef in a tube (gross) it ain't gonna happen.

Making tortellini today, from scratch. To be quite honest, it's a pain in the arse and takes hours to prepare, but I have a house inspector coming "sometime" today so I'm stuck. Eggs, flour, and my pasta queen (pasta roller). Makes a mess too. It's really not worth the trouble, but I don't have much else do to, so why not?

[fastbilly1]

Brand name tuna was 40 cents a can yesterday at my Kroger - limit 10. I bought 9 cans, all they had left in water. I plan on going back tonight to buy it in oil.

[Luke]

Brand name tuna was 40 cents a can yesterday at my Kroger - limit 10. I bought 9 cans, all they had left in water. I plan on going back tonight to buy it in oil.

Nice. I also prefer it in oil.

Whachoo going to do with all that tuna?

[fastbilly1]

Im 50/50 on oil, my wife prefers in water.

I plan on using it over the summer. We do not eat tuna that often, but when we do it is one of three ways:
Tuna Salad
Tuna Patties
Tuna and Peas - which is just a roux with a two cans of drained tuna and a can of peas served over toast.

[Luke]

Tuna and Peas - which is just a roux with a two cans of drained tuna and a can of peas served over toast.

Might I suggest Tuna A La King...

2 T butter
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
1/4 c chopped green bell pepper

1 c mayo
3/4 c milk
1/2 t salt
dash pepper

2 cups drained tuna (patted dry. The drier the tuna the better)
1 c green peas
Toast

Melt margarine/butter in pan and saute onion and green pepper
Mix mayo, milk, salt & pepper with wire wisk and pour into pan with onions and bell pepper. Mix.
Make sure heat is toward low side and add to onion/gr pepper in pan.

Add peas and tuna; heat through and serve over toast.


It's just chicken a la king made with tuna, and it is delicious and dirt cheap. I always add a heap of cracked black pepper on the top of my open faced King sandwich, but season as you like.