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John Thompson's avatar

I have never opened a link so hard in my life

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Alex (they/them)'s avatar

This may be the first time I actually want to read the author's personal thoughts and chatter before jumping to the actual recipe on a website!

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Elizabeth Karre's avatar

I loved the piece. But Danny, speak to me kindly about how to make cleaning mushrooms not a chore. What is your technique? It's the main reason I don't cook with them more often.

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Daniel Lavery's avatar

Honestly I know everyone says not to do this but I just rinse them off in a colander under running water and it’s fine! If you cook them hot enough the water goes away anyhow, I think fussily wiping them off individually is totally unnecessary

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Heather's avatar

Excellent recipe and commendable common sense answer re mushroom swabbing

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Elizabeth Karre's avatar

I'm so excited you gave me permission to do this!

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VermiciousKnid42's avatar

Do we live in the same house? I literally have all the ingredients for this mushroom stir fry on hand right now!

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Jane Hyde's avatar

Ivy Compton Burnett's Parents and Children sprang at once to my mind

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Daniel Lavery's avatar

It's on my shelf!!

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Anton's avatar

This is the most relatable power struggle I’ve ever read that involved mushrooms, leeks à la grecque, and ancient Macedonian succession politics. I laughed, nodded, and then felt a bit tender about the quiet ache underneath it all. The desire to be chosen and liked for wanting to be chosen — oof, too real. Anyway, please keep making goulash and pulling books off shelves. You're doing great.

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Cecil's avatar

The point about losing one family and so being tempted to try to secure the safest possible position in the second is one that I feel deeply. It's a neuroticism that feels good to hear someone else admit to. Thank you for this piece!

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Mike Oppenheim's avatar

Off the charts excellence; thank you!

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Jane Hyde's avatar

Have you read Ivy Compton Burnett's Parents and Children

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