Perhaps the easiest way to start using these new varieties of mushrooms is to simply substitute these mushrooms in the same dishes and preparations you have used with the common button mushroom. You will be rewarded with new flavors and with better nutrition and health benefits. Please feel free to develop your own cooking styles and techniques with these mushrooms and frequently sample the mushrooms as you are cooking them and note how the textures, flavors and aromas develop. Also feel free to combine several mushrooms in the same dish for a blend of flavors, textures and aromas.
 
A very simple and versatile way of using these mushrooms is to lightly sauté them with onions, bell peppers and/or other vegetables along with a sauce of your choice (balsamic, barbecue, or soy-based) and then serve them over your main dinner protein of choice (fish, fowl, beef or pork). Or alternatively, serve over rice or pasta.
 
Please note that we do not recommend washing or rinsing Golden Gourmet Mushrooms before cooking. Our mushrooms are cultivated on steam-sterilized materials that contain no manure or soils and are hygienically harvested and packaged. In contrast, the common button mushroom and derivatives (ciminis, portobellos) are cultivated on pasteurized materials which contain composted manures and soils.

• Quick Mushroom preparation ideas:

Mushrooms and Umami, the fifth taste sensation

• Mushroom Recipe List on our site

Brown And White Beech Mushroom Recipes
• Appetizer: Stuffed Mushrooms
• Soup: Cream Of Mushroom Soup
• Salad: Hot Mushroom Salad
• Salad: Buna Shimeji And Zucchini Salad With Mayonnaise
• Main Dish: Bunashimeji And Asparagus Ratatouille
• Main Dish: Bunapi And Green Soybeans with Cream Spaghetti
• Main Dish: Buna Shimeji Mushroom Stir Fry
• Main Dish: Bunapi And Spinach Spaghetti
• Main Dish: Bunapi And Chicken Stew with Tomato Sauce

Enoki Mushroom Recipes
• Appetizer: Enoki Snack
• Soup: Creamy Mushroom Soup
• Salad: Arugula, Enoki, Garlic Chips & Parmesan Salad
• Main Dish: Pasta With Smoked Oysters, Fried Spinach & Enoki

King Trumpet Mushroom Recipes
• Appetizer: Grilled Oyster Mushrooms
• Appetizer: Betty's King Trumpet Strudel
• King Trumpet Deep-fried On Skewers
• Soup: Hearty Mushroom And Olive Soup
• Salad: Chilled Mushroom And Green Bean Salad
• Main Dish: Mushroom Beef Stir-fry
• Main Dish: King Trumpet Meat Au Gratin

Maitake Mushroom Recipes
• Appetizer: Maitake And Eggplant Cheese Fry
• Pasta: Maitake And Gorgonzola Cheese Penne
• Entree: Maitake, Salmon And Broccoli Bake

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• Mushroom Recipes On Line
1648 Mushroom Recipes
http://www.foodnetwork.com
121 Mushroom Recipes
http://www.chefs.com
Mushroom recipes and more
http://www.recipeawards.com
About.com Mushroom Recipes
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blmushrooms.htm

• Recommended Recipe Book
Mushroom Cookbook - Recipes for White & Exotic Varieties
by Mimi Brodeur

• Fine Restaurants that feature Golden Gourmet Mushrooms

Bertrand at Mister A's • San Diego
Mille Fleurs, 619-239-1377/fax 619-239-1379

Chive • San Diego, 619-232-4483  

Crab Catcher • La Jolla, 858-454-9587 

Estancia La Jolla Hotel • La Jolla, 858-550-1000

Gallileo 101 • San Diego, 619-702-7101 

Jacks of La Jolla  • La Jolla, 858-456-8111 

Kensington Grill • La Jollla, 858-454-9587

Laurel • San Diego, 619-239-2222 

Fresh • La Jolla, 858-551-7575 

Marriot Del Mar • San Diego, 858-369-6029

Nine-Ten • La Jolla, 858-454-2182 x627 

Pacifica Del Mar • Del Mar, 858-792-0505 

Pamplemousse Grille • Del Mar   
phone 858-792-9090  infor@pgrille.com  

Scalini's • Del Mar, 858-259-9944 

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• A Few Words About Eating Mushrooms Raw:
 
We recommend that all mushrooms should be cooked before they are eaten. There are several reasons for this recommendation:

1. The cell walls of mushrooms contain chitin, a form of cellulose.  Humans do not have the ability to digest chitin. Undigested chitin may cause some discomfort to some sensitive people.  The cooking of mushrooms helps to breakdown the chitin and lessen potential problems. Please note that while chitin is not digestible it functions as a human dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is important to human health and digestion. Fungal dietary fiber has been shown to have some unique attributes including including the reduction of cholesterol levels.
2. The cooking of mushrooms tends to make the nutritive and medicinally-active components much more available for digestion and absorption in humans.
3. Several species of wild mushrooms (examples: spring verpas, morels, Gyromitra species) are known to be very toxic in the raw, uncooked state. 

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