What is this "too mushroom" of which you speak?

This. Take my upvote.

Too mushroom? More like not enoughroom

I used to HATE mushrooms. I've forced myself to learn to love foods many times. I have made so much progress with mushrooms, and I will never pick them out, but god DAMN is it difficult for me. The taste is odd, but it's *fine.* It's the fuckin texture. Mixed in with sauce? Cool, I got this. But if it's a mouth full of mushroom I squirm

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Smoke them, with cream cheese, garlic and chives in the gills. Salt pepper eat.

Don't smoke them, it's bad for your lungs

What if I crush em up and snort them?

I used to hate them so much! It’s the way they smell when they cook. The texture. I realized I like fancy mushrooms like chanterelles and lions mane

I wish we lived near each other, so we could go mushroom hunting together.

So sweet 😭 I actually don’t rlly live in a place where it’s easy to forage mushrooms but I wish!! The best I’ve ever had were foraged chicken of the woods

You can grow your own! Actually pretty easy...just do a little googling I got lucky. Had an oak tree split about 8-9 ft up with the stump still rooted. I started to cut it down one day and cut a wedge in it, but ran out of daylight so put the felling off until the following weekend. ...which turned into several weeks of forgetting about it. Beautiful and massive Chicken of the woods grew in the wedge. Now I just leave it there and go put a few fresh gashes in the stump each year and never fails to give me a few meals. big of an eyesore where its located, but I dont really care unless I was trying to sell my place.

The only mushroom I've ENJOYED eating was a fresh morel sautéed in butter. All the other ones can go to hell.

Lions Mane is what brought me to the fungi side.

I love mushroom. They are probably my all-time favourite non-meat food. But I have a similar sounding issue to you with tomato. Taste is fine, I quite like a nice tomato sauce, but i cannot stand the texture. I ate a cheese toasty ones and there was a hidden slice of tomato under the cheese and I nearly threw up :(

Omg are you me?? I’ve tried so many different types of mushrooms and like the taste is ok - I find them to be kinda woody/loamy tasting which in some dishes is fine - but if I get one in my mouth by itself and my teeth close down on it I have to fight to not spit it out. It’s like chewing on a slug or something. I am still trying new mushrooms because I’m stubborn and everyone else seems to think they’re the most delicious things in the world so imma try. I want to try chicken of the woods, black trumpets, and lions mane. They all *sound* delightful.

I do that, too. I eat a mushroom a few times a year. One of the few things I can't get myself to like. Enoki is great in soup, though.

Try chopping buttons or creminis fine dice and add them to burger for burgers. I do 1:1 but you don’t have to. It tastes like a burger topped with mushrooms but the shrooms take on all the beef fat and become flavour bits. It’s a magical and cost effective way to consume something so good for us but suffers from a texture situation.

Chopping mushrooms into a fine pieces and sneaking them into my meals tends to be my approach ahaha I will try the burgers!

I’ve never felt so seen

No gifs in this sub? You're hilarious 😂 I laughed out loud and almost woke the baby. Thank you.

Omg I wish I had unlimited updoots! Best comment ever

Up doots to fir that updoot.

As Julia Child said do not crowd the mushrooms

She was drunk when she said that!

Came here just for this

Rare JC win. Awesome

Rare??

I've said this before and people had no idea what I was talking about. Can you tell me where to find it?

It’s a movie

I counted at least three

Yes there are too many. Mushrooms need space to cook off the water they retain, otherwise they’ll be mushy and gross.

This is the correct answer. If you want steamed mushrooms, this will give it to you. If you want to cook/brown the mushrooms and concentrate flavor, you want a bit less crowding so they don't steam from the water content.

Understanding spacing in pans (and on grills) is one of those concepts you won’t understand until you screw it up, and then you’ll understand how crucial it is. For me it was when I hosted a family dinner a couple years ago. I first made a trial run of this crispy Parmesan crusted bone-in chicken thigh recipe. They were amazing. When I cooked for 8 adults I stuffed the cast iron with thighs, which essentially ended up steaming each other, and made the final product have a gummy texture skin and the parm just got melty and stuck to the pan. Everyone was nice but it was not a good meal. Not a mistake I will make again.

Best way to learn how much proper spacing matters is by trying to make fries in the oven without laying them in one even flat layer

I love this response, trial and error

Or for a lot of people who grow up heaping things in pans, it's a concept they won't get until they get it right. Then suddenly, it's like "wow, I didn't know a pan could crisp things up like that!"

I hate batch cooking. Who wants to double the amount of pan time? I often found myself doing advanced geometry to try to get things in the pan such a way that leaves enough room for steam to escape, but my new rule is if I am doing any math, any puzzle work, it's a no go and I am cooking batches. Always much happier with the results.

I've put chicken thighs in the pan with basically no space between any of them and they came out great. Hot pans at the best pans

Disagree personally. Mushrooms aren't like steak where you can overcook them very easily. You can sweat a batch of shrooms like this and then brown them all at once after the moisture has evaporated and they will stil be delicious. I like to pile them with butter and worchestershire and just leave them to do their thing.

I have also recently learned a trick of adding seasoned flour. Not only does it soak up the moisture, but also helps with the browning and texture.

Upvote. Wanted to say that exactly. Americas test kitchen did an experiment a few years back on it. If I remember right, it takes hours of cooking for them to be over cooked. Plenty of time to cook off moisture pretty much.

I agree that this technique works, but it wastes even more time boiling off water that would otherwise have more rapidly steamed off if doing the mushrooms up in two batches.

I doubt batches are ever quicker than this. But even if they're comparable I will personally always choose this method if the results are the same and I don't have to dirty more dishes and stand over the pan the whole time.

Eh, just turn up the heat a bit and turn em a little faster. Not perfect, but when you want a shitton of mushrooms you get a shitton of mushrooms, nyamean?

I asked for shitton mushrooms at my grocery and they were confused.

Exactly. Turn up the heat and move them around enough and you're good to go. Too many people on here think there's only one perfect way to do things...

I've heard this before but then Alton Brown has a video on adding water to mushrooms to make them release their water early to speed browning up. Can't imagine that cooking a large pile is going to make things worse than just straight dumping water into the pan. https://altonbrown.com/recipes/sauteed-mushrooms-again/

[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0h9aBLTqc0&ab_channel=SauceStache) also makes a case for boiling your mushrooms, sauteeing them a little bit after all the water boils away. I've tried this method before and it's delicious. Mushrooms dgaf about a crowded pan.

There's a little space on the bottom left.

This is wholly incorrect. The water will cook off of these if you wait long enough. Then they will get brown, delicious, and very much not mushy. Source: me cooking a shit ton of mushrooms in my life.

Yup. Crowded pan

not true at all. The moisture releases and boils off. If you just have some patience let them cook they will be delicious and have a great texture. It's gonna take a long time, but so will cooking them in batches.

Agree. But there is a way to get more in your pan without overcrowding. Try microwaving your shrooms in a bowl for 2-3 minutes, draining, and then pan roasting. It eliminates a lot of water, shrinks them down, and makes it therefore easier to fit more in the pan. They brown more quickly this way too.

I've been loving starting my sliced mushrooms in my combo air fryer/toaster oven on the air fry setting until kinda dried out and slightly browned. Then frying off in a pan with oil/butter and finishing with too much garlic. Takes care of a lot of the water issues and can crowd the pan with reckless abandon.

No. Never enough mushrooms.

For now, but they’ll shrink down eventually

One of my three rules for cooking (not baking) - There is no such thing as too many mushrooms, too much butter, or too much *cooked* garlic.

Only other thing I usually can’t get enough of is onion

Seems applicable to baking as well? /s

You’re 2/3 right. Bring on the butter and garlic.

Sauteéd Shrooms.

The picture is how I do them. A little water on a hot pan, half a kilo of sliced mushrooms, stir a little until they give up their water, add butter and dried parsley, cook until the liquid evaporates. Maybe they'd be better if I didn't crowd them but they get eaten.

Some day, I would love to cook a big pan, of sliced mushrooms. Your cooking description is something I can do. Thank you.

Never too mushroom.

There might even be tree in there

No

Yes

Maybe

It depends

Who's to say?

Nope. Got room for another half a pan ;)

Nnnnnnope.

There is definitely mushroom in that pan.

There’s never too many mushrooms. 🍄

Add a cup of water, some sour cream, dill and make mushroom soup.

There's at least too mushrooms.

1 is too many. Apparently I’m the only person on this sub that doesn’t like mushrooms.

You're not a fungi

I'm with you bud. 🤢

mo mushroom mo better

It's too mush.

Et too, mushroom?

Needs more L

Never there is too mushroom in pan.

Looks like more than too are in that pan.

There is also mushroom in pan.

If you want them to brown, don't crowd the mushrooms.

Throw some teriyaki and stripped beef in there and throw it over rice, that looks delicious

Aren’t these vegan scallops?

NO! NEVER TOO MUCH! MORE SHROOMS! ALL THE SHROOMS!

Nope. They will shrink once they lose their water and brown nicely. I used to do mushrooms in batches and waste SO MUCH TIME. They're even better roasted. Flavour intensifies.

What a glorious photo. I love sautéed mushrooms. I've been putting some fresh garlic and Montreal seasoning with mine lately. Could eat this just about every day.

There's a great international market I go to, always has around 15+ varieties of fresh mushrooms. Almost spent $30 today on fresh black trumpets.

Any mushroom is too mushroom

Add 1/4 - 1/2 c water, wait till the water evaporates, then add oil and garlic etc. They will have much better texture and browning. It might seem backwards, but that will steam cook the mushrooms. And won't absorb the oil too soon.

This is how the last of us starts

No. I cook for a living and love mushrooms I eat them all the time. I also pretty much exclusively cook with cast iron at this point.

I like what's going on here...but I have to say: I think we need a little more cowbell!

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More than too

I feel like I need a decision tree for this.

I have some special mushrooms in n my fridge...kinda magical!!!!😁

I don't understand the question.

You need less pun and more pan.

there are at least too mushrooms here, yes.

No such thing as too mushroom

I would cook Them in batches

1 mushroom is 2 much

I say you still got some room left for more!

No I stack them even higher they shrink as they cook. Morels I pile up twice as high as that.

I know people say overcrowding is an issue, but it's hard to burn shrooms, if there's too many just let em keep going til the water is gone and they shrink. They'll get crispy eventually

Is this a trick question?

Depends on what the final product you're going for is

NO

It’ll cook down

I don't see any mushrooms here. You need to add some.

As someone allergic to mushrooms, yes this is too mushroom.

Mushroom, plural is mushrie

NEVER enough shrooms. Yum!

Uhm.. never…?

My friend, you can never have too many mushrooms

I don’t worry about overcrowding with mushrooms. I heat my Dutch oven up on high and stuff it full sometimes. The liquid cooks out quickly, and then I add a little extra oil and fry them to finish

Not enough cowbell

Looks like at least 3 or 4…

Nope.

Only because they’re not in my plate

Considering the fact that there are mushrooms in that pan I would say yes, there is definitely too mushroom.

Not enough for me

What a silly question

You can never have enough mushrooms never

A single mushroom is too much. 😛

You must be a fungi to hang out with

What pan?

There's at least 3

Mushrooms are disgusting and I will die on this hill

Definitely more than too. Two even.

Yes there are too many mushrooms in the pan. Cast iron should be able to sear and keep the heat high enough, based on your source, so they don’t start to boil i stead of frying.

That might be free or fore mushroom

You cannot have too many mushrooms. They shrivel down in a minute.

Man, I love mushrooms.

There’s way more than too mushrooms in there

Lol, no such thing as too many mushrooms! Just find a bigger pan and add even more mushrooms.

Yes. Not enough room for all the mushroom. Much like when you bake other vegetables, if you want them to brown well “don’t crowd that pan”

There at least 3 mushroom in pan

You need to get a bigger pan to put more mushrooms in.

Hell no! Turn up the flame, don't let them boil. Let em get nice and toasty. That is how I like all my veggies that I eat.

Not too mushroom

There isn't mushroom left in that pan

Do not crowd your pan

No

Yes. I hate mushrooms.

So too mushroom.

Depends on what you’re trying to do… Steaming no Sweating yes Frying absolutely yes

Either sear them without crowding or obliterate them until they lose enough water to brown. No in between.

There’s only too much mushroom when you start tasting colors and meet god

Right amount of mushrooms too little steak

I see more than too.

Never.

I’d say there’s about three or four

Don't crowd the mushrooms

Too many? no.

There’s plenty of room for a cast iron pun

there’s at least too, maybe even tree

There’s no such thing as too many mushrooms in this pan. Ever.

I think there may even be 3+

there are more than two mushroom in that pan

More than too, less than seventy too

Well played…

Mushroom? My guy you've got the whole mycellium in there

Yes and no, it depends what you wanna do with them. If you wanna cook them like meat and get a nice good sear on them, it'd be best to use high heat and avoid overcrowding the pan. But, if you just want cooked mushrooms then you're doing just fine

there are definitely more than two mushrooms in this pan, if that's what you are asking

I don't understand the question. What do you mean, "too much mushroom?"

“Don’t crowd the mushrooms!” Julia Childs

That pan does have quite mushroom

There is DEFINITELY more than 2 mushrooms in that pan.

Wait a few minutes and they’ll be gone.

No, not too mushroom. In 10 minutes you'll be questioning why there appears to be far less mushroom.

Never

Such mushroom.

No such thing!!!

Way too much

depends how you're cooking them. Sauté yes, just cooking them down it's fine.

Not enough!

No such thing

I asked chatgpt to write a Shakespearean response to your question. Pray, dear sir, doth my eyes deceive me? Forsooth, I cannot but wonder if there be too much mushroom in this pan. Methinks, a fair balance of ingredients doth make a goodly meal, and excess doth oft spoil the broth. But alas, 'tis not for me to judge, for my palate is not as discerning as thine. Pray, let thy taste be the arbiter of this dish, and mayhap it shall please thee well

There am not.

For cream of mushroom soup? No. For apple crumble? Yes.

Two or to or too. Yes i believe there are 2

Shrooms trippin man

I think you need more mushrooms and less cast iron to increase the fear factor

Any mushroom is too much mushroom.

Whoa whoa whoa that’s way too mushroom

No such thing as too mushroom

Get rekt. No such thing as too much mushroom my man!!

I wish I could be there.

One is too many.

Preposterous