How to keep mushrooms fresh?

Mushrooms are food ingredients with high nutritional value and are relatively common in life. As people's living standards improve, various precious mushrooms are appearing more and more on people's tables, providing people with excellent gourmet enjoyment. Mushrooms are most popular when they are fresh, because they have the best taste and texture, but they are difficult to preserve. Let’s take a look at how to keep mushrooms fresh.

How to keep mushrooms fresh

There are many ways to preserve fresh mushrooms, the most commonly used are the following:

1. Soak in clean water: Wash the fresh mushrooms, put them in a container, and pour clean water to cover the mushrooms. If the mushrooms float, you can put a heavy object on them. This method is suitable for short-term storage. Be careful not to use iron containers to prevent the fresh mushrooms from turning black.

2. Soak in salt water: Remove debris from the roots of fresh mushrooms, soak them in 1% salt water for 10-15 minutes, remove them, drain the water, and put them in a plastic bag. They can be kept fresh for 3-5 days. If the quantity is large, you can dry the fresh mushrooms, then put them into a non-iron container and sprinkle a layer of salt on each layer of fresh mushrooms. This method can store them for more than a year.

Can mushrooms be stored in the refrigerator?

1. Mushrooms are most afraid of moisture. If you don't reduce the moisture of the mushrooms and put them in the refrigerator while they're wet, they will go bad faster. Fresh straw mushrooms cannot be put into the refrigerator at all. Therefore, if you want to store mushrooms for a longer time, you should dry them slightly before storing them in the refrigerator.

2. Mushrooms will grow white hair when placed in the refrigerator. This is not due to bacteria or mold or deterioration. It is because the mushrooms themselves emit white spores after being stored for a long time. It is non-toxic and is a sign of mushroom aging. It is best not to cook the mushrooms to that extent, as the nutrition and taste will be poor.

3. If you don’t eat mushrooms when you buy them, the best way is to

Boil the fresh mushrooms in boiling water, then soak them in cold water, drain the water, put them in a fresh-keeping bag, and freeze them in the refrigerator for long-term storage. In addition, mushrooms must be blanched in boiling water before consumption. This is the process of killing the greens, which can remove the inedible substances absorbed by the mushrooms during the growth process and enhance the taste.