"K. Reece" wrote:

I'm sure to most of you it may seem silly to dry mushrooms when you can just
dash off to the store to get some.

Not at all. Fresh and dried mushrooms are quite different. Dried
mushrooms are really really great for making mushroom broth. Pour the
soaking liquid through cheese cloth and bring to a boil. The smell will
tell you that you've got something good.

David
I first encountered dried portobellos (At least I think that's what they
were) in a tomato/mushroom/onion mix that I used as a sauce over
corn-quinoa pasta when backpacking. Excellent. Next time I made the
sauce myself, and it smelled wonderful, but I served it over a horrid
lentil pasta.