Re: Re: Dried Shitake Mushrooms

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My bag contains only small mushrooms, on average about an inch. I would

appreciate it if you weighed some.

Thanks

Sig

" S. Pollock " wrote:

> Sigurd,

> I sometimes buy fresh Shitake mushrooms. I wonder if the 15 g might be

> for fresh ones and was entered mistakenly in DWIP. The next time I buy them

> I will weigh some. Of course the dried ones vary in size quite a bit: does

> your bag have mostly small ones? Big ones can be 2 inches or more across.

> S Pollock

>

> Sigurd wrote:

> According to DWIDP 4 dried Shiitake mushrooms equal 44 calories and

> weigh 15 grams. I am wondering if anyone else uses dried Shiitake

> mushrooms and can confirm that the DWIDP numbers are correct. The bag of

> dried Shiitake mushrooms I bought weighs 25 grams (appx. 40 mushrooms

> -the math doesn't add up).

> When I try to weigh them on my scale 4 mushrooms won't even register,

> they are too light. However the whole bag does in fact weigh 25 grams.

>

> The dried Shiitake mushrooms I have bought have their stems removed

> maybe this is part of the possible discrepancy?

>

> Thanks

> Sigurd

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

Looking forward to trying the soup!

Sig

" S. Pollock " wrote:

> Sig,

> I just weighed four of the largest dried Shitake mushrooms in my bag and

> they weighed 10 grams. My experience w DWIP has been that grams are the

> safest way to measure nutrients; portions are subject to too much variance.

> I believe you should be OK if you just measure out 15 grams of mushrooms

> regardless of how many it takes to reach that amount.

> I find that they give many soups a delicious depth of flavor. Just cut

> them dried in several pieces w a sharp knife and add to a soup. A classic

> Japanese broth is simply dried shitake, kombu and miso. I often make a

> simple soup with unhulled barley (much more nutrients than pearled), dried

> shitake, kombu and carrots. Bon Appetie!

> S Pollock

>

> Sig wrote:

> Hi ,

> My bag contains only small mushrooms, on average about an inch. I would

> appreciate it if you weighed some.

> Thanks

> Sig

>

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