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Hi, I'm Amanda with Expert Village. In this clip I'll be chopping up the mushrooms. So
I have button mushrooms and cremini mushrooms here today just to add a little bit of variety
of the different kinds of mushrooms. Just start by whipping the mushrooms with a damp
paper towel and it's important to avoid washing the mushrooms because they absorb the water
and they can tend to make the mushrooms soggy. I'll just start by whipping some of the mushrooms
down here, just removing the dirt from the mushrooms. When choosing mushrooms as well, you want
to make sure that the mushrooms are light in color. That indicates freshness and you
want to avoid a wet or slimy wrinkle mushroom. So you want the mushrooms to be pretty nice
and firm. Next I'll chop the mushrooms and just to start with a nice fresh part of the
mushroom. I'm going to cut just a small end of the stem off of the mushroom as that part
can be a little bit more spongy and have less flavor than the rest of the mushroom with
the stem. From here I'll just chop the mushrooms
and these button mushrooms have a little bit of a shorter stem so I'll just cut small piece
of that off.