On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 14:07:27 -0800, "Kent" > wrote:

>
>"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>> Melba's wrote on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:29:36 -0600:
>>
>>>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in
>>>> message ... What
>>>> is your favorite place to buy dried mushrooms
>>>> at a good price and of good quality? I buy A grade dried
>>>> porcinis from a deli in San Francisco for about $35/lb, a
>>>> very good price. Where do you get your dried morel mushrooms
>>>> by mail order? Are any buying other types of mushrooms?
>>>> Thanks for any info,
>>>>
>>>> Kent
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I'd advise a Chinese super-market if one is convenient.
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
>>
>You really can't get the porcinis very often in a Chinese market. I may have
>found them once in years.

You haven't really looked. There are myriad sites on line where one
can buy dried 'shrooms.
http://www.fungusamongus.com/index.php?cPath=5