Can fresh mushrooms be refrigerated?

Mushrooms are a food ingredient with high nutritional value and are widely found in nature. Edible mushrooms are loved by people because they are not only nutritious but also delicious. The mushrooms people eat are mainly fresh mushrooms and dried mushrooms. Among them, fresh mushrooms taste the freshest, but they are difficult to preserve for a long time. Let’s take a look at whether fresh mushrooms can be refrigerated?

It is best not to. If you want to store it, you must pay attention to controlling the humidity. Allow to dry slightly before storing in the refrigerator. Because the moisture in the mushrooms will cause them to deteriorate and rot in a short period of time, producing a large amount of toxins, which will endanger your health and make them inedible.

Fresh mushrooms have a high moisture content. If you wrap them in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator for two days, they will rot. This is because a large amount of moisture in the mushrooms evaporates and cannot evaporate outside the plastic wrap, so the surface of the mushrooms becomes more and more moist, and within a few days all the mushrooms will rot.

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.

Mushrooms will grow white hair when stored 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. If you don’t eat the mushrooms you bought, the best way is to boil them in boiling water, 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.