Preservation of vegetables-submersion in oil and vinegar

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Italian Marinated Mushrooms

Instructions

•   13 small mushrooms

•   white vinegar

•   salt

•   oil

•   kitchen paper

Prep Time: 12- 24 hours.
Caution! The mushrooms will smell veery bad, so I recommend you to pin your nose tightly with something.

Method:

And now for the recipe! Kitchen party tiiiime!

1.Cut the mushrooms you need in half. I recommend putting some music on while cooking, it makes the process so much more fun! You can dance if you want to, too.

2. And for the salt! Put salt on top of kitchen paper and then place there the mushrooms. Then, sprinkle salt on top of them. Let it at a room temperature for 1 or 2 hours.

3. Put the mushrooms between 2 paper towels and gently squeeze them a bit to remove a little more water(water from the mushrooms). The view isn't too great, but believe me it's worth it. Make sure to squeeze them a little to remove some more water.

4. Boil the mushrooms in the vinegar for at least five minutes. Use something to submerge them, because they will try to float. Then take the mushrooms out, and then put them between paper towels and gently try to remove some of the vinegar(liquid).

This is were things might start getting a little bit smelly, so cover your nose !!

5. Change them to another paper towel, or plate. Let them dry a little. Then turn the mushrooms once or twice during 12-24 hours. Ugh, the process is a tiny winny bit long, but I'm sure you'll find something to do for the time being, maybe some of our other preservation recipes!

6. Here is were the submersion part starts! Put the mushrooms into a jar of glass. Then put oil, and make sure the mushrooms are totally submerged in the oil. The oil won't allow any bacteria or any other yucky germs we don't want to spoil the mushrooms.

7. Place the jar of glass in the refrigerator. To be able to eat you have to wait at least a week. Don't worry about the oil, it won't make the mushrooms taste bad, on the contrary I think it adds a quite delicious taste!

8. Enjoy!

*The mushrooms will keep in the fridge maximum for 6 months.

Bibliography:

“Hank Shaw,”Italian Marinated Mushrooms,” Honest Food Net.N.p.,n.d.Web.March 17 ,2012. http://honest-food.net/2012/03/17/italian-marinated-mushrooms/