How to store dried mushrooms at home

There are several ways to billets of mushrooms for the winter, but most optimal and very popular in many owners is a drying method. When drying the mushrooms are significantly losing in volume and do not occupy a lot of storage space, while maintaining all the beneficial properties and aroma. How to store dried mushrooms at home so that they remain for a long time?

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Rules for storing dry mushrooms

Before choosing a way to store dried to store mushrooms, it should be remembered that the mushroom has a property to easily absorb moisture and extraneous sharp odors and aromas, so choose a dry, well-ventilated room for storage. It is undesirable to find next to the fungi products with a sharp aroma. During the storage of dry mushrooms, they absorbed it, and can acquire a completely different taste.
The duration of storage of dried mushrooms depends on the quality of the drying. Insufficiently dried mushrooms can be molded, as excessive moisture remains in their fibers, and the risening mushrooms will become fragile. Therefore, before storing them for the winter, make sure that they are sufficiently dried.

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Storage of mushrooms in banks

Glass cans are widely used to store mushrooms, the capacity of darkened glass is best suited.
Banks should be dry, clean, hermetically closed so that moisture does not penetrate them.
Banks designed for storage should be well sterically and dried so that condensate is not formed during the storage.
The perfect and reliable storage option is to use tanks with vacuum covers. If you do not have vacuum cans, you can create a vacuum in a conventional glass jar with a spinning lid. Before closing it, pour a little alcohol into the container with mushrooms and set fire, quickly close while the combustion process continues. In this way, the remains of oxygen are destroyed and a vacuum effect is created - no mold by your mushrooms is not terrible.

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Storage of dried mushrooms in bags

If you have a dry and ventilated room in your house, where there will be no sudden drops of temperature and third-party odors, such as a storeroom or loggia, you can use the method of storage in tissue bags to store mushrooms. Natural fabric will allow you to breathe mushrooms. Sew the bags can be alone from dense gauze and other natural materials. In addition to the mushrooms, mushrooms can be saved in dense paper bags or cardboard boxes. The disadvantage of this method of storage is the likelihood that mushrooms will start moth or cereal bugs, so it is recommended to view storage bags from time to time.

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Storage of dry mushrooms in the freezer

Mushrooms can be perfectly saved in the freezer. The important condition for this method of storage is the tightness of the packaging so that the dampness does not penetrate inside the packaging. In the freezer mushrooms can be stored for about a year.

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Storage of mushrooms stronged to the rope

To store dried mushrooms, strung on the rope, you need to choose a dry room where humidity and dampness is excluded. It is also worth being careful, and do not overheat mushrooms, otherwise they will begin to crumble and disappear from the rope. Using for cooking mushrooms, the rope is unleashed optionally, they can simply be cared.

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Useful advice

Use only well dried, perfectly clean mushrooms for storage.
More often, inspect the mushrooms, especially those that are stored in the plated bags or banks. If you discovered moldy or mushrooms, which absorbed moisture - remove them from the tank. Check mushrooms for bugs and moths.
Watch out for the optimal room temperature where the drying is stored. There should be no sudden temperature drops, and air access should be constantly. If you notice that the mushrooms have become wet - it is better to dry them a little in the oven at low temperatures.
Peressed mushrooms that break and crumble, you can grind in a coffee grinder and store as a mushroom powder. Salt and stored in a hermetic container are added to the mushroom powder.