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> My food co-op sells dried mushrooms and I can also buy them in my local
> supermarket in small amounts. I don't use them very often (it just
> doesn't occur to me < childhood habit, we used the dried ones only for
> machanka at Christmas). Whatever the price I paid for the Italian
> porcini three years ago seemed like a bargain so I bought a couple 100g
> packages. I still have one bag < and I still have a couple small
> packets from Cousin Michal. :-) The porcinis, btw, are beautiful.

You can make a whole lot of ordinary mushrooms taste like porcini if you
soak and add them to the sauteing mushrooms. Add the strained juices and
braise. I have made cream of mushroom soup, various stews, braises, sauces
with this cheat.