When starting a conversation about how to boil mushrooms correctly, it is important to note that, whatever they are (from the supermarket or the forest), doctors recommend that they be brought to a boil at least once and, after draining the water in which they boiled, only after that proceed directly to boiling.
As for forest mushrooms, this procedure is simply necessary in view of the fact that they, like a sponge, absorb from the environment all the negative substances in it.
Acid rain, automobile exhaust pollution, unclean ground water and many other factors lead to the fact that fungi are saturated with substances harmful to the human body. When boiling, most of them remain in the water. The main thing is not to cook mushrooms in it further. To do this, you need clean water.
If we talk about store mushrooms (oyster mushrooms, champignons), then this procedure is also necessary for them. The fact is that they, like all products grown for sale, undergo chemical treatment. It stimulates their growth and protects against pests. Therefore, before boiling the mushrooms that you buy in the supermarket, bring them to a boil in one water, drain it and cook in another.
Many housewives believe that if forest mushrooms are cooked for several hours, changing water a couple of times, then it is impossible to poison them. Therefore, they advise everyone who is interested in
how to boil mushrooms, just in case, do it for three to four hours, claiming that if there is any infection in them, or if they have become poisonous, then after many hours of boiling, nothing bad will remain in them . Doctors are categorically against this approach. They claim that in this case nothing good will remain in them, but really
poisonous mushrooms will remain so after a long boil. If you are not sure about the quality of the forest gifts, just do not bring them home. And boil good mushrooms exactly as much as is required for their readiness.
Depending on the type, they can be prepared in different ways. So, how much do you need to boil the mushrooms bought in the store, say, oyster mushrooms or champignons? Some housewives do not boil this product at all before the main cooking, they just stew or fry for longer. But if you cook them, then 10-15 minutes, not more so that they do not lose their useful properties.
Dried mushrooms are another matter. They, regardless of type, are champions in the duration of cooking. First you need to soak them. About five hours, or better at all for the night. To do this, you can use ordinary cold water, or you can use milk. After the mushrooms are well softened, they will have to be cooked for about two hours.
How to boil the mushrooms just picked in the forest? To begin with, as mentioned above, after cleaning and washing them, you need to at least once bring to a boil and drain the water. Then, after a new bay, we cook honey mushrooms for half an hour to fifty minutes, white ones for forty minutes to an hour, boletus and chanterelles for about twenty minutes, russula and birch bark for about forty minutes, mushrooms and butter for half an hour.
In this article we told how to boil the mushrooms, the most popular in use in our area. Some of them, for example, mushrooms, must first be soaked for a couple of hours in salted water, and only then boil for twenty to thirty minutes on low heat.