"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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On Jan 9, 2:07 pm, "Kent" > wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> ...
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> > Melba's wrote on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:29:36 -0600:
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> >>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in
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> >>> 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.
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> > James Silverton
> > Potomac, Maryland
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> You really can't get the porcinis very often in a Chinese market. I may
> have
> found them once in years.
>
> Kent

If you have a Cash & Carry in your area you can buy a large plastic
jar of dried mushrooms that have a mixture of several kinds of
mushrooms. The are not hugely expensive and really handy to keep on
hand.
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Costco also has a very good price but it's a huge jug. I was never able to
use them before they expired. They are also very good! You get a nice mix
and they for the most part are not shriveled. Nice big slices.