A few weeks ago we had a cooking night at the Rabbit Family's new house. The food was so good. One of our friends showed us how to cook mushrooms the way Julia Childs teaches--sauteed in butter with only one layer on the pan at a time. It looked so easy when she did cooked them and they made a welcome addition to a pasta sauce as a meat substitute.
Now then, pause so I can tell you--mushrooms have always been terrible for me, ever since I was little mushrooms have been the only food [well, minus cow tongue] that I seem to have some innate sense of loathing towards. Despite this innate loathe of mushrooms I decided to try these babies. [ok, I just wanted to be polite and well, not my pathetic 3-year old self.]
Time in--They were delicious. She is an excellent cook if she can make mushrooms not gross to me.
Naturally I had to try the recipe myself. [Another vegetable to add to my repertoire? You bet.]
So far I've tried this twice. I did use coconut oil instead of butter.
[It has a higher heat tolerance and is often used in place of butter and cheaper if you buy at the right time than butter and I can keep it in my cupboard rather than the fridge and it's not an animal product(even though I 'm not vegan I still think that's cool) but enough about this wonder oil]
The first time I think I under-cooked them because they came out like slimy little monsters.
The second way I cooked kinda like bacon--including the part where I let them fry there until they're super crispy. Yes, I burnt them; probably would be good added to a soup or something. On the plus side the 'shrooms weren't slimy so that's a step somewhere in the right direction...right?
Maybe I need different mushrooms?
Would real butter make a difference?
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