Tips for housewives on how to properly and efficiently clean freshly picked mushrooms. They will help preserve food for a long time or, if necessary, prepare them for further processing.
Many people like to go to the forest for mushrooms in the fall. This is not only a way to calm down and get some fresh air, but also an opportunity to collect a basket of delicious mushrooms for dinner and please your family. It is very important to thoroughly sort and clean the collected forest gifts before cooking.
The very first stage of cleaning should take place in the forest. Professionals recommend immediately cleaning mushrooms from leaves, dust and large debris so that there is less work at home. If the leg or cap turned out to be eaten by insects, then you should cut them off without sparing.
The second stage takes place at home. Mushrooms should be dipped in cold water, with a pinch of citric acid dissolved in it. This will protect the product from browning. In general, no more than 5 hours remain for processing, because freshly cut mushrooms can spoil very quickly.
If you could not manage to process the collected mushrooms, then you should not contrive and try to cut off the bad edges. Throw away such products immediately. It's very dangerous to joke with mushrooms.
You need to be very careful to clean the dirt from the mushrooms. This can be done, for example, with a soft toothbrush. A knife is unlikely to be able to not cut off most of the mushroom.
And the final stage of cleaning is rinsing. To preserve the taste of mushrooms, they need to come into contact with water as little as possible. Therefore, it is better not to rinse them with running water, but simply treat them with a hard, damp brush.
If the mushrooms are intended for drying, then there is no need to wash them at all.
