How to choose fresh mushrooms

When buying fresh mushrooms, you should choose mushrooms with bright colors and an attractive aroma. Fresh mushrooms are crispy, delicious and contain a lot of nutrients. Do not choose mushrooms that are bruised, crushed, or have a bad smell.

Straw mushrooms

Straw mushrooms are mushrooms with high nutritional value and bring many health benefits. When choosing straw mushrooms, you should choose mushrooms that are intact, round in shape, still have buds, are not crushed and have the characteristic aroma of mushrooms.

Avoid choosing mushrooms whose caps have expanded and have a foul smell. Besides, black straw mushrooms usually taste richer and more fragrant than white straw mushrooms.

Shiitake mushrooms

Shiitake mushroom is known as the king of mushrooms because it contains many nutrients that are good for health. When choosing shiitake mushrooms, you should choose mushrooms with moderate wings, tightly cupped, slightly yellow-brown color, do not choose dark brown mushroom pieces because they may be poisonous mushrooms.

Abalone mushrooms

When eaten, abalone mushrooms will feel crispy, chewy, and no less delicious than other types of mushrooms. When buying abalone mushrooms, you should choose large, tough, hard stems because they are more delicious than small stems.

How to choose dried mushrooms

Cat mushrooms (wood ear mushrooms)

This is a familiar mushroom to many housewives. Wood ear mushrooms are often used to make spring rolls, cake fillings, etc. When choosing wood ear mushrooms, you should choose large ears, thick wings, little mushroom ears at the base, dark amber color, slightly shiny (for the top mushroom side) and milky coffee color (for the bottom mushroom side).

You should not choose black wood ear mushrooms that look too black, because these types will quickly become mushy when soaked in water and will not be crispy or delicious when eaten.