shiitake mushroom

posted by esperanza on Wed, 2010-01-13 16:55

esperanza

Bento-ing from: modena › Italy

Joined: 4 Jan 2010

are dried shiitake mushrooms very different from other dried mushrooms, or if I don't have them I could just use, for istance, dried porcini mushrooms?

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Wed, 2010-01-13 20:43

Jiza

Bento-ing from: Madrid › Spain

Joined: 13 Feb 2009

Re: shiitake mushroom

i think it depends on what you are cooking. Shiitake's flavor is stronger than in other mushrooms I've tried.

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Thu, 2010-01-14 18:14

Folly

Bento-ing from: San Francisco

Joined: 5 Jul 2009

Re: shiitake mushroom

esperanza wrote:

are dried shiitake mushrooms very different from other dried mushrooms, or if I don't have them I could just use, for istance, dried porcini mushrooms?

Shitake are wonderful mushrooms; and yes, their flavor is different from other mushrooms. I've even noticed the difference between shitake from Japan and shitake from China. If you tried substituting button mushrooms, for instance, your dish would be flat in comparison to one with shitake.

And while both dried shitake and dried porcini are flavorful mushrooms, they are vastly different. I wouldn't interchange them.

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