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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, January 03, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.

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Question:

I'm wondering why one would make a mushroom stock if it were to cost up to 4 x more to make it than off the shelf stock. Perceived advantages?

— Ken Johnston

Answer:

I can answer that in a couple of ways. first of all If you're not using the stems. And if you've cleaned the gills because you don't like the gills and what you eat. So you've got this you've got the stems and you've got the gills. And then the other part you can that you can use to make your mushroom stock. And then if you look at the sodium level of that stock more than likely it's gonna have about 450 milligrams of sodium in one cup. And by my map that comes out to be a quarter of a teaspoon. So if you are somebody as you stated earlier who is becoming aware of sodium levels and food making your own mushroom stock is the best way to go I often shop at H Mart back to Jeffrey's question. And H Mart is the largest Asian grocery chain in the world. And sometimes they'll have a really good deal on dried mushrooms. So I will use some of those to also make a mushroom stock, but it's mostly the stock and you can make a really good mushroom stock from stems and gills
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