Freezing dried porcini

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I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a couple of
years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack them?
How do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

Works fine. We brought back a heap of dried porcini from Italy. We parcelled
them out into small ziploc bags and froze them. We are just now using the
last of them, 4 years later. I won't say that the flavor has not suffered at
all, but they are still very tasty and enjoyable.

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Richard Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a

couple of

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years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack

them? How

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do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

They are already dried so vacuum packing them will probably keep them
good for years. I found an overlooked cellophane package of dried
shiitake once that had probably been in the cupboard for over a year.
Opened it, they seemed okay, used some and they were fine. As to
freezing, I dunno. Seems both unnecessary and possible it would
introduce more uncertainty.

-aem

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Richard Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a couple of
years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack them? How
do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

Vacuum pack, freeze with dessicants.

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Richard Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a couple of
years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack them? How
do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

Vacuum pack, freeze with dessicants.

Have you found an inexpensive source for dried? My supply
is just about gone.

sf

Richard Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a couple of
years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack them? How
do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

They keep very well dried. Put them in a few zipper bags. A kilo is a
lot. Just use them in more things. But I have bought t pound at a time
with no problem.

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Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"Richard Green" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a couple
> of
> years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or vacuum pack
> them?
> How
> do they defrost?
> Any ideas?
> Richard.
>
>

Vacuum pack, freeze with dessicants.

Have you found an inexpensive source for dried? My supply
is just about gone.

sf

sf, try here:

http://earthy.com/a_dried_mushroom.htm

$45.00 per lb. sounds pretty good!
There are a LOT of dried mushrooms in a lb. :-)

They were that for wet here at Central market.

I've bookmarked this site. They have a lot of other dried mushrooms as
well!

Kat

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Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a
couple of years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or
vacuum pack them? How do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

I'd store them in a jar at room temperature. I just used some dried
mushrooms from Slovakia that came to me in 1994. They were great.
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Had a nasty experience with the "glass jar/room temperature" method - left
them for a few months and they were swarming with tiny little mites.
Entomology never has been my strong point, but they looked kind of like bird
lice. God knows where they came from, the glass was well sealed.

Richard.

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Richard

Green said:

I've inherited a kilo of dried italian porcini. Probably take a
couple of years to get through them all. Is it best to freeze or
vacuum pack them? How do they defrost?
Any ideas?
Richard.

I'd store them in a jar at room temperature. I just used some dried
mushrooms from Slovakia that came to me in 1994. They were great.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sam pics added 2-7-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

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Richard Green said:

Had a nasty experience with the "glass jar/room temperature" method -
left them for a few months and they were swarming with tiny little
mites. Entomology never has been my strong point, but they looked
kind of like bird lice. God knows where they came from, the glass was
well sealed.

Richard.

Bummer. Makes me think the mushrooms weren't sufficiently dried. I've
*never* had a problem with critters in dried mushrooms.
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