"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Melba's Jammin'" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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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.
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> 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.
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No, no, no..............
You can't begin to replicate cepe or porcini mushroom taste with "ordinary
mushrooms"