How to Clean Chanterelle Mushrooms 

Hey thank you. If you like morels you’ll love them.

Hey thank you

We have like 4 buckets of the super big white chanterelle. Are they expensive!

Thanks. It’s an 1800’s gatemarked cast iron. You can find them used for ~$100-300.

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I like the Simpsons but I'm not sure where the comic book guy reference comes in.

Hello Trolltaker 😄

@@foragerchef4141 Hello, buddy!

We’ve all done it now you know

Overkill. Water and a toothbrush or similar is fine.

It can be especially if dirt is stuck on the caps.

I used to use a BBQ baste brush, but only use a toothbrush now. Much debris & dirt on my shrooms.

Yes. They can be boiled and stored in their liquid to hold their shape. Add a little salt to the water. You can also sweat them in butter, divide them into zip loc bags portions, then vacuum seal the zip loc bags-that’s probably the way I do it the most.

You think I would mis identify Jack o lanterns for chants, film a video about cleaning them and publish it? What kind of foraging videos have you been watching 😂

@@foragerchef4141 no idea mate! First video of yours I found. Since I didn't see you eat these I cannot be certain 😅 Great video though and super helpful tips for cleaning before consuming. I found out the hard way about how hard it is to get the sand off. Where these tasty? I've never seen chanterelles so perfectly round as the first few you put in the sink, but I've seen false chanterelles & jack-o'-lanterns like that. :)

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Why? I have wondered this for a while.

You can pull them. Mushrooms are apart of a mycelium, meaning a deep connection of roots similar to a hive mind. Pulling the whole stem doesn’t effect regrowth etc.

With very fresh mushrooms I can see that but on very dry ones even that won’t work.

@@foragerchef4141 His are fresh picked

Yep. Same thing basically. The reason I don’t share it like that is some people get testy about wasting water. I also clean a lot of mushrooms and it can definitely be wasteful in bulk situations where you’re doing detail work, as with chants.

Dirt is not a wild food.

I eat them to consume their power.

That’s not used for paint

@@foragerchef4141 I use a (virgin) natural bristle paint brush with the bristles cut to about 1/2" for stiffness. I also sharpened a dull point on the end of the handle for gouging out those stuck on bits of dried leaves.

@@trolltaker Yeah you can take your time on smaller amounts. There's a limit to how much I can take though, I got 10 lbs of buttons that were so filthy last year I just threw them in the compost after an hour of trying to salvage them, thankfully they were free. If the grit is stuck on it can be onerous.