"Kent" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "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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>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> > 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
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>> 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.
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> I put dried mushrooms mainly porcinis and morels into a ziplock bag, get
> as much air out as I can, and freeze what I'm not going to use. Dried
> mushrooms freeze very well for a long time, years, not months! They
> reconstitute just fine.

Thanks! I just thought about that after I posted that, actually. I have
also made my own. I have a dehydrator. Doesn't seem to save me any money
though.