

( en Inventor 刘勇 董淮海 刘长鑫 李牧 毛传福 Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) Active Application number CN2009100482573A Other languages Chinese ( zh)

Google Patents CN101579118B - Health food of black fungus soft capsule Updated from two articles published on Augand May 7, 2011, respectively.CN101579118B - Health food of black fungus soft capsule Wood Ear Mushrooms and Cucumber Salad, Chinese-style.Some of the following recipes were published long before I learned to tell the difference between black fungus and wood ears, so, just remember, they can be used interchangeably so long as they have been prepped correctly. Take a small knife and cut around the tough portion of the black fungus, making sure that only the jelly-like portions remain.Īfter the trimming the black fungus, you can cut them into whatever size you prefer. See where the white arrow points? If you feel around with your fingers in that part, you’ll know how much different the texture is from the rest of the fungus. Even if you bought them fresh, they still need to be trimmed. Once the black fungus has rehydrated, you can use them whole or roughly chop them, thinly slice them, finely chop them… whatever the recipe calls for. The soaking water can be strained and used for cooking Trimming wood ears Even room temperature water will do but rehydration will take longer.īlack fungus will double in volume in less then 15 minutes. If you’re a mom and you’ve tested the temperature of your baby’s milk on your wrist, it’s something like that.

Place the dried black fungus or wood ears in a bowl and cover with plenty of hot or warm water. Whether it’s black fungus or wood ears, if you bought it dried, you need to rehydrate them. Dried black fungus and wood ear mushrooms require rehydration Just keep in a tightly covered jar then place the jar in a dry and dark spot in your kitchen or pantry. The upside of buying them dried? You can keep them longer. The upside of buying them fresh? You don’t need to wait for them to rehydrate. Note, however, that they may be called by other names. But they are sold in most Asian groceries and markets in dried form. It’s not easy finding fresh black fungus and wood ears. Wood ears ( Auricularia auricula-judae) are about twice as large, thicker and there is a portion that looks coarser. They are also uniformly textured and thinner. A dried piece is about half inch to an inch.
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How to tell between black fungus and wood ear mushroomsĭried or fresh, black fungus ( Auricularia polytricha) are much smaller than wood ears. Then why does it pay know to the difference?īecause dried wood ears require a longer soaking time and even fresh ones demand an extra step to make it palatable. When dried, both are blackish curly things and it didn’t matter much to me which was which because black fungus and wood ear mushrooms are often used interchangeably in home cooking. Until recently, I couldn’t tell the difference between black fungus and wood ear mushrooms when buying them in dried form.
