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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Taste This! Mmm... Mushrooms

I have a challenge for Google/Apple/Microsoft etc. Someone should build a computer device, like a speaker, that can transmit smells. Or technically the smells would be recreated in the little speaker, according to the information given to it, in a tiny chemistry lab inside, so that with one press of a button you could get a puff of these mushrooms’ mouthwatering scent. For now just pretend or make this incredibly delicious and painless mushroom dish yourself.
This recipe was my grandmothers. I have no idea how she came up with it. It’s quick, easy and simple.

1 lb “baby bell” or portabella mushrooms.
3 green onions chopped
Sliced water chestnuts
1/8 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp butter

Slice mushrooms. You make this dish with whole mushrooms but I think the flavors of the mushrooms mingle with the other flavors better if they’re sliced.
Sauté mushrooms in skillet with a generous portion of butter. Drain water chestnuts and add. Cook until mushrooms are brown all over and have shrunk significantly. Splash in a bit of soy sauce. At the very end, add green onions. Serves four (or only one if you’re all alone).        


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