Wash the Mushrooms

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Richard Buccola here in New York City and on behalf of Expert Village today we are going to show you how to make some cream of mushroom soup. Okay, the first thing we've got is a 1/2 of pound of fresh baby bella mushrooms, these are beautiful. I don't like to take my mushrooms and wash them underneath the water, an old trick my aunt use to say is just wet a paper towel, like so and you wet a paper towel and just wipe them down. You just want to wipe them down like this, you see, you get the dirt off and you still keep the mushroom in sack and that is what we're going to do. The first thing we are going to do, talking about mushrooms, mushrooms should be firmed, they should smell very nice, if they are slimy or a little squishy to the feel, they are probably not that good. But you will see, look how nice they clean up and that is it, just a paper towel, an old trick instead of washing them under the water and that helps keep their density, keep them nice inside. Come back, we will show you how to chop these babies up. Cream of mushroom soup on Expert Village."