When you pick Black Trumpet mushrooms, you want to eat them afterwards! But then? How to properly clean your Black Trumpet mushrooms?
Read this article, we have the solution for you!
Clean Your Black Trumpet Mushrooms On The Spot!
Black Trumpets have a nasty habit of growing under thick leaf litter. These leaf litters are often very messy! If you pick up black trumpets anyhow, then you’ll pick up a lot of leaf pieces in your path. This dirt will eventually mix in your basket and greatly complicate your cleaning.
To avoid this problem, nothing could be simpler:
When you harvest your black trumpet mushrooms, grasp it firmly, then cut its base. Then, brush the inside and then the outside of it. To make your life easier, use a brush.
If you use our Mushroom Maps to find the most favorable areas for Black Trumpet mushrooms, you may come back often with baskets full of Black Trumpets and therefore have a lot of work to do at home! Make the most of cleaning in the forest, don’t waste your time.
Finish Cleaning Your Black Trumpet Mushrooms At Home
The Black Trumpet is hollow and its cleaning consists in checking the interior as well as the exterior of the stem. The advantage of the trumpet is that its folds are hardly marked, so a lot of dirt gets lodged there. Also, to properly clean your Black Trumpet, follow these steps:
- Peel the base of the stem if it is covered in dirt.
- Then brush the inside.
- Then brush the small folds that are on the outer face, and progress gently down the trumpet.
Good! Your Black Trumpet is clean with a little elbow grease!
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