How to clean them up properly

Find meadow mushrooms and harvest them properly

The meadow mushroom grows on meadows and lawns, especially after summer thunderstorms. However, it does not tolerate artificial fertilization, which is why you are particularly lucky in regions with "old-fashioned" or should try organic farming. However, lurk at the Collect Dangers: In addition to the meadow mushroom, there are other types that have pink and, when they get old, brown lamellas. In the case of the poisonous carbolic mushroom, the lower stalk flesh turns chrome yellow when cut, and this fungus also smells of carbolic, plaster or “hospital”. Young, closed specimens of the meadow mushroom, in particular, can be confused with white specimens of the deadly poisonous cap mushroom. For this reason, you should always carefully unscrew mushrooms from the ground and never cut them by the stem - you can recognize the toadstool by the thickened stem base.

How to clean the meadow mushroom

When you get home with the harvest, you should clean it up straight away. In contrast to some forest mushrooms, meadow mushrooms should not be washed, as they soak up a lot of water very quickly and then become tasteless. Instead, it is best to do the following:

• Have a small paring knife, cutting board, and kitchen towels ready.
• First, cut the stalk from the mushrooms.
• Then cut away black or brown areas.
• Mushrooms do not need to be peeled - there are many vitamins under the skin.
• Now take a kitchen towel and rub each mushroom thoroughly one at a time.
• You can also use a mushroom brush instead of the kitchen towel.

You can then process the mushrooms as desired.

Process meadow mushrooms

It is best to prepare the mushrooms fresh, because raw stored in the refrigerator If you are lucky, they will last for a few days. You can also cut the mushrooms into slices and freeze them, then use them like fresh mushrooms at a later point in time. You can also use mushrooms make durableby drying, pickling or even boiling them down.