/ck/ - Food & Cooking

just grow up?

>>15081715
If that picture doesn't do anything for you then I'm afraid there's no hope for you

Fuck I want some mushrooms

get the psychedelic kind

>>15081715
Start with things that include them in recipes like mushroom risotto or ham and mushroom pizza.
After a while move onto just eating them not mixed in with stuff.
That's how I did it.

>>15081729
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>>15081715
pretend they litle men
just pretend u eating a bunch of lil faggots

>>15081715
Depends on why you hate them
People hate them for the earthy taste
I hated them because of the texture.

I combat that by cutting them thin and cooking them crispy or until they basically melt on the tongue.

>>15081715
Mix them with stuff you like. For me it was Italian sausage stuffed mushrooms that got me on board.

>>15081715
>lifelong
If your life is less than 25 years long, then you should STFU

Try different types? They have different flavors.

Oyster mushrooms are bitter unless cooked. Enoki mushrooms are very mild, almost flavorless, but somewhat fibrous, so they hold an omelet together really well. Very fresh button mushrooms taste great IMO, but if they're more than a few days old they start tasting like mud. Shiitake mushrooms have a rather strong taste to them. Then there are some wild types like morels and chanterelles that are great but hard to obtain unless you personally go out to find them in the woods or know someone else who does.

Prep techniques matter, too. Raw vs. fried in butter vs. thrown into stew vs. baked onto a pizza.

But it's ok if you don't like them, OP. Different people have different tastes.

Just get some dried shiitake and chew on them like gum.

>>15081737
That picture is what made me make this thread. Looks amazing.

>>15081748
Can't quite figure this out. Texture's never really bothered me, and I like all sorts of root veg and other 'earthy' tasting things. Not sure exactly what puts me off.

>>15081841
Good contribution.

>>15082035
Didn't think they were all that different honestly, will give a few types and techniques a chance. Probably gonna start frying some button mushrooms up in butter and garlic and go from there.

>>15081715
you don't like the flavor? Try them cooked on the stovetop in olive oil, they only need a bit of salt. Serve them on top of a cheap steak/pork chop/ whatever meat and they really improve the flavor.

>>15082064
have them on steak. great flavor for flavor and can help your learn to associate their texture as meaty

>>15081715
there's only one cure for food autism.

lots and lots of butter

>>15081715
Get good mushrooms (i.e. not shitty button mushrooms, but something good like shitake)
Then boil them. Seriously. Boiling mushrooms was a game changer. The texture is just so good.

Don't force yourself. If you don't like it you don't like it. I always hated fish. As I got older I thought I was just being immature so I tried to eat seafood and I still hate it. So I just stopped. No point in wasting food other people could eat.

>>15081715
Lifelong=18? You'll grow into them, I did.

>>15081739
The amount of psychedelic mushrooms I have eaten has made me like mushrooms as a food a lot less, depending how they're prepared. But good advice nonetheless.

>>15081715
Read "Fellowship of the Ring" where they wax poetic about Maggot's mushrooms.

>>15081715
I think I once read somewhere that giving fellatio often can cause a reaction in the tastebuds which makes funghi less palatable. You seem to back that theory up somewhat.

>>15082064
>That picture is what made me make this thread. Looks amazing.
There is hope. Sauteed button mushrooms are very nice.

>>15081715
Shove them up your ass

>>15081715
Just leave them for the grownups.

>>15081715
Just remember that not being able to eat some foods makes you a weak little pussy baby bitch

And make sure they're nicely browned

>>15081715
You have to brown them, anon....

imagine not liking mushrooms
imagine not liking any food

>>15081715
Just train yourself to liking them by eating dirt.

>>15081741
You get some terrible textures with risotto / pizza.
I'd recommend just frying them up and eating them as is.

>>15082064
Varieties of mushrooms can be pretty radically different from each other, like different types of vegetables.

As far as cultivated mushrooms go, I'd suggest looking for some maitake/hen of the woods or some king oysters. The former has a kind of feathery look and a mellow flavor, and you can get it nice and crispy when you roast it. King oysters are really dense and meaty in flavor.

Wild mushrooms are highly seasonal and can be rare but are worth seeking out if you can. Morels (brain-looking mushrooms) have a really powerful meaty flavor. Chanterelles are delicate and buttery and have a slight sweet/fruity note. Porcinis are quite firm and are probably the 'mushroom-est' mushrooms. Pine mushrooms/matsutake have a similar texture to king oysters but a really intense aromatic pine/cinnamon flavor. There are tons of types, varyingbased on season and what grows in your area.

A big key with mushrooms is getting them caramelized. They tend to have a lot of water in them, which means it takes a bit of cooking out before they start to brown; but without doing this they just won't have nearly as much flavor.

i love them but they're fucking gross raw
taste like dirt and have the texture of styrofoam
they're best used as flavour bombs, soak up all the flavour in the pan with them

Pan, high heat, lots of butter, lots of salt, lots of black pepper, chilli flakes and/or cayenne pepper if you like heat. Garlic, onions and bacon cooked in with it, really caramelize the fuck out of the lot of it. I cannot stress how much butter you need, olive oil too if you have it. Those shroom fuckers soak up lube like nothing else. Serve on avocado on toast with scrambled or poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.

>>15081715
Whenever I get a pizza, I always order double mushrooms. I like mushrooms that much. I can't for the life of me understand the thought process of a mushroom hater

>>15085717
They have a gross texture and are generally flavorless if they're not cooked in fat.

>>15086663
>generally flavorless
The solution is simple: Come back in 12 years when you're old enough to post here.

Creamed mushrooms.
>Slice and fry mushrooms in butter
>Season then pour over cream
>Allow to simmer until cream has reduced and thickened (stir occasionally)
I never liked mushrooms until my dad made this crumbed chicken and creamed mushroom dish. Ever since then I've liked them.

>>15081715
Crispy mushrooms are delicious, especially when cooked in a white wine/heavy cream sauce. Put it on some grilled sourdough and sprinkle fried kale on top.

>>15081715
cook the shit out of them

Gonna pick up cooking because I'm tired of eating like shit. Got a pretty strong craving for mushrooms, you guys want to share ideas for a meal I can make that has stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer? Or other suggestions are good too. Might help OP even.

Getting some onions, garlic, mushrooms and some sort of steak for this weekend. Planning on sauteing the onions with mushrooms and garlic, then using that as a topping for a steak. Probably going to have a salad and baked potato with it, not sure if I'll go with dinner rolls, garlic bread, or texas toast.

>>15086854
Sounds like you already have it planned out man. You got this bro.

>>15086854
>Saute onion garlic and mushrooms in butter
>Season and pour over cream and crumble in some blue cheese
>Allow to reduce and thicken
>Spoon over steak and garnish with sliced olives
>Crispy roast potatoes and steamed asparagus on the side

>>15086859

Only this weekend my dude. I want stuffed mushrooms with something sometime in the next week but have no clue what to have them with. I'd rather make a proper meal than just make them by themselves.

>>15086869
>>Season and pour over cream and crumble in some blue cheese
>>Allow to reduce and thicken

Showing my fuckin retard nature over here, is this making some sort of gravy? Throwing in some olives is making this sound really fucking solid.

>>15081748
How can you dislike the texture. That's the best part. They're mushy but have an amazing bite at the same time. There isn't even a candy that can match the bite of a sauteed shroom

>>15086876
I'll be honest I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about here, but the only meal I can think of with stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer is the atforementioned steak. How do you think chicken would work with that?

>>15086876
OK how about this. The stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer. Then you make a Pan fried chicken breast with a lemon rosemary pan sauce. Plate that up with a side of rice with pesto sauce and either sundried tomatoes or some sort of sweet red pepper. Pair with your favorite red wine.

Put them on a pizza or saute them and put them on a steak

>>15081745
3edgy5me

>>15081715
Mushrooms are just bland meat. So long as you season/cook them properly they're great.

>>15081715
Anon, I use to be in the same boat as you up until a week ago.
Start with duxelle- uniform finely diced mushrooms sauteed with fat, garlic, onions/shallots and seasoned to taste with herbs, salt and pepper.
The biggest challenge for me is the texture, especially of larger soggy chunks when making sauces. Try to stick to smaller pieces, pan fried.
I've slowly started to appreciate the shrooms more and more, but still a challenge. Good luck.

>>15081715
Now i will teach you how to cook mushrooms properly
cut up the mushroom, dont buy the gross frozen kind
dont cut them too small, they will shrink a LOT
pan on high heat, NO OIL
when its smoking hot mushrooms in, unsalted, unseasoned just as is
prepare yourself, they will scream
when all sides are nice and browned take them out.

Now i want mushrooms? Any good mushroom dishes lads?

>>15087415
Errr once they start browning add fat anon

>>15087415
>>15087463
yeah i forgot
when they are browned turn down the heat and put in some butter and diced garlic

Man I love champignons but I live in a shared apartment and fresh ones take too much space so I buy them sliced and frozen but it tastes like water and is all mushy no matter how I cook them.

scrape out the gills? That's a good start.

>>15081715
This meal opened my eyes to mushrooms.
>big fat ribeye
>red or white wine
>brown mushrooms(I used portabello)
>heavy whipping cream
>flour
>savory spices
>--
>Salt your rib eye and let it sit out, and fire up a spicey pan.
>Sear the fuck out of the steak with a little oil to get it all nice and tasty, then salt, pepper and wrap that bitch in foil and set aside
>dice the brown mushrooms into super small cubes and sautee them in the steak juices with a little extra oil if needed.
>Once they are nice and sauteed, use a wooden spoon for scraping and pour enough of your wine into the pan to deglaze all them flavors that have been getting to know each other for a while and now they have a weird gay dynamic going on, but it's a weird love triangle kind of like that movie the rules of attraction.
>stir and let the wine evaporate some, then melt butter in or pour some oil
>sprinkle in enough flour to form a roux, and stir to prevent clumping
>stir in enough heavy whipping cream to form a nice gravy consistency while continuing on lower heat. Make sure you stir that shit constantly so you dont burn it
>salt and pepper gravy to taste and add savory spices. Sometimes I crush up some garlic and sautee it at the end of mushroom sauteeing.
>butter and toast some Vienna rolls to serve with steak and mushroom gravy. They are good to soak up leftover gravy because this shit is too good not to slap up.

Bam, you now have a gateway to liking mushrooms. I also like good Japanese hibachi dishes with mushroom as a entry point. Just dont start with mushroom on pizza, it's too soggy.

>>15090058
I forgot to mention: while the steak is in the foil, it has been seeping steak juices. Before serving, pour those juices into the gravy and mix.

>>15086663
>Flavorless
Generally, you will either need to get better quality mushrooms and/or cook them longer to get more flavor out of them. Mushroomy flavors are amazing to me

>>15090058
The trick to avoid sogginess in pizza caused by mushrooms is to saute them a little bit first to get rid of some of the moisture. They taste better that way as well

>>15081715
Get a tortilla. Put cheese on it. Throw it in the microwave. Then eat some mushrooms, ya poofter.

>>15090166
I've considered doing a deluxe style pizza like that, with the sauteed diced tomatoes , bell peppers and onions. I like the flavor of mushrooms, but on pizza they always end up cooling and getting slimy it seems