Mushrooms Cooking Ingredients For Sale In United States

The fact that it tasted so otherworldly that it was thought to be a gift from the gods made it a medicine that many were happy to take. The woody stems are often discarded before drying as they're usually inedible.

The Grade AA Porcini is one that has no worm holes. This is a Porcini that should not be hidden in soups or stews. Big, gorgeous, a specimen of the Mushroom Kingdom so mighty that Mario himself couldn't conquer it.

Full of vitamins and it is said to help reduce blood pressure. Oh, and it's healthy. An indispensable ingredient in the Asian kitchen, the Enokitake or enoki mushroom is tossed into salads, soups, stir-fries, braises, and sauces.

The flavor, strangely, is slightly similar to the most delicate white fish you can imagine. An edible mushroom from Southeast Asia, the paddy straw mushroom is one of the more dangerous mushrooms to forage for.

The flavor makes the name even more appropriate as there are faint hints of lobster and certainly a taste of clam amongst its otherwise simple mushroom flavor. It isn't really hard to guess why the lobster mushroom is so named.

Toss in stir-fries to tie up loose chiles or sop up fermented black bean sauce. But no, these are mushrooms. An adorable, tangled nest of mushroom. We like to add them into a chicken soup for their antiviral properties.

The flavor is not at all like the smell. Some mushrooms are like cheese: they smell odious on the outside and the stench can cause the wallpaper to peel. Bite into one and enjoy the soft surface, meaty texture and toothsome crunch.

The King Trumpet (also known as french horn or king oyster) may politely remind you not to chew with your mouth open or to eat too fast. The King Trumpet is best addressed with minimal fuss.

The reconstituted mushroom will be frilly, cartilaginous, and milky white. An ancient mushroom used in China, India, and Japan not so much for its flavor but for its cartilaginous texture and healing properties.

These amber-colored mushrooms produce a unique protein that gels in hot water. Often the mushroom's broth is added to soups or stocks to not only add a savory, nutty, buttery, even scotch-like flavor; but to thicken it as well.

This mushroom is popular served with a runny egg, tucked into pasta dishes, and stirred into risotto. When reconstituted the flavor is far more mellow with a slight fermented hint.

The younger European Boletes are bold and pungent in flavor. Perfect for risottos, lighter pasta dishes, mixed with a farro salad, and pairing with lamb or veal. Let's admit it. These do not require as much washing as a regular Bolete and will have significantly...

In Chinese and Tibetan cuisine the mushroom is used most often as a vegetarian replacement for pork, beef, lamb, and venison. So why is this mushroom called Monkey Head? Well, when first picked the bulbous mushroom possesses long, hairy spines that give...

Take a little from North America, some from Europe, and a smattering of shrooms from Asia and you would get a rather eclectic mix of mushrooms. Use this blend anywhere you might use a solitary, possibly lonely variety of mushroom.

Maybe that's how it fixes your hearing?) It also adds textural appeal to soups and stir-fries. Good looks sometimes fade so fast. As such, it is believed in Eastern medicine that the mushroom is excellent for improving hearing (as well as good for circulation).

Of course, so do you. Beautifully ornate and looking like hand carved wood hardware these flower top shiitake caps are one of the most striking mushrooms around. Love, Spice Jungle

The texture is close to that of a soft piece of dry mozzarella when reconstituted. Also known as the black chanterelle, horn of plenty, black trumpet, and trumpet de la mort or “trumpet of the dead” based on the imagery that buried corpses are playing...

The sugar content is so high it's not unheard of for this mushroom to be used in baked goods and bread. This mushroom should also be known as the From Death mushroom or the Phoenix mushroom.

We did a little handpicking for you to create the most elegant all-purpose mushroom blend. Other times you need to build layers of flavor for an earthy stock or an umami-packed stew.

Cook it to boil udon noodles, and then serve the noodles cold with the mushrooms (lightly sauteed in sesame oil), and some chopped scallion and paper-thin slices of your favorite green chile.

The Clark Kent of mushrooms. As a bonus, Shiitakes are packed with Active Hexose Correlated Compounds, a compound that has proven antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-cancerous properties.

These dried mushrooms should be reconstituted in water, or with a homemade chicken or vegetable broth. It's a mushroom to be When fresh they are often braised and sometimes pickled.

Now that it's cultivated on a larger scale the mushroom has become affordable to home cooks around the world. The mushroom is considered to be one the most high-end mushrooms ever sought and used to sell for hundreds of dollars an ounce and could only...

It's not unheard of to buy woodchips for a garden and then after a rain find little armies of Morels springing up. However, some home gardeners get lucky. Tasting a bit like veal or beef, and possessing a rustic texture the morel is one of the most coveted...

Of course, the mushrooms themselves are just are hardy as the broth. These are more mature mushrooms. This rich mushroom stock can then be added to soups, sauces, or used to make elegant risottos.

In Soviet Russia, mushroom forages you. Named for its orange-yellow color and the ochre liquid it exudes when cut, this mushroom is prized for its flavor and aroma. The texture when reconstituted is crunchy, meaning it will hold up well to grilling and...

The Blazei is a trend-in-waiting, the undiscovered star, and a hip new ingredient waiting to happen. Also known as the Princess Matsutake, the mushroom of life, God's mushroom and the almond mushroom.