Psa bugs in mushrooms

amother

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 10:46 pm

I saw a crawling bug in a pkg of white stuffed mushrooms. I remember a while back on imamother someone mentioned that there are no bugs in mushrooms.

amother

Grape

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 10:52 pm

Stuffed mushrooms? I usually just buy button mushrooms. What are your stuffed with?

amother

Opal

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 10:59 pm

I once bought a pack of mushrooms that was so infested, I threw out the whole pack.

amother

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 11:11 pm

amother Grape wrote:

Stuffed mushrooms? I usually just buy button mushrooms. What are your stuffed with?

I believe that's what the package said

octopus

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 11:23 pm

I'm always scrubbing mushrooms. They come so filthy with soil on it!!

isrmss91

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 2:09 am

therre was a thread on this topic. Mushrooms are prone to worms. I found many times, in Portobello they are very prone. Found in Shitake mushrooms as well. https://www.imamother.com/foru.....16385

amother

DarkPurple

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 6:34 am

octopus wrote:

I'm always scrubbing mushrooms. They come so filthy with soil on it!!

Sweetheart, that ain't soil TMI

amother

DarkPurple

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 6:35 am

isrmss91 wrote:

therre was a thread on this topic. Mushrooms are prone to worms. I found many times, in Portobello they are very prone. Found in Shitake mushrooms as well. https://www.imamother.com/foru.....16385

I buy button mushrooms with closed caps only. Apparently mushrooms that are open, like portobello, are a big issue. Probably depends on where you live

amother

Ecru

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 1:16 pm

amother DarkPurple wrote:

Sweetheart, that ain't soil TMI

Sure it's soil.
FYI, you can take the peel off the mushroom and it's white and clean underneath.

amother

Stoneblue

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 1:38 pm

I peel it with a knife. it's easy and fun. then I wash it under stream of water. I've found fly type of bugs, so gross, so then it throw it out.

amother

DarkPurple

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 5:27 pm

amother Ecru wrote:

Sure it's soil.
FYI, you can take the peel off the mushroom and it's white and clean underneath.

If it were soil, mushrooms would be ha'adama Smile

amother

Wallflower

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 5:31 pm

amother DarkPurple wrote:

If it were soil, mushrooms would be ha'adama Smile

You know mushrooms grow from the ground right? We still say shehakol on them, but where do you think they come from😂

It absolutely is soil

And OP, I’ve had the same thing, a bug literally crawled out of a mushroom in a package of whites baby Bella mushrooms
I couldn’t look at them for half a year after that

amother

DarkPurple

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 5:39 pm

amother Wallflower wrote:

Um if you don't know, I will not enlighten you Very Happy

kenz

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 5:44 pm

amother DarkPurple wrote:

Um if you don't know, I will not enlighten you Very Happy

I just googled and all I have to say is, I used to love mushrooms 🥲.

chocolate moose

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 7:11 pm

you have to look at everything hyou eat. inclding a box of cereal and a bag of potato chips. bugs scan be in anything - even vegetables and sprouts grown in the air (hydroponically).

amother

Midnight

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 7:18 pm

amother DarkPurple wrote:

Um if you don't know, I will not enlighten you Very Happy

Not sure why this is a big deal? It’s not soil, it’s essentially a type of compost that’s used to help the mushrooms grow. It’s safe to eat and not unhealthy, it’s made from natural ingredients.

I don’t wash mushrooms, I usually just use a damp paper towel to wipe them off and for very dirty ones I use a toothbrush as well.

amother

DarkPurple

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 7:33 pm

amother Midnight wrote:

Also sterlized manure, very often. Personally I don't care but I know plenty of people who do. Also it's not a vegetable it's a fungus, which sometimes turns people off

kenz

Tue, Dec 12 2023, 8:39 pm

amother Midnight wrote:

Read what google says that peat compost is made of.