Crab cakes are a popular dish, one that people just starting on a vegetarian diet would likely miss a lot. This recipe is supposed to be close enough to the original that unsuspecting eaters wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. It can also be made with Comb Tooth or Bear’s Head mushrooms.
Growing in the wild, they’ll appear as white toothed clusters on hardwoods. When harvesting, it’s best to use a knife to cut them off at the base, as the delicate branches are likely to fall apart if you aren’t careful. If a yellow tinge has started to show, the mushrooms may have a sour or bad taste, so it’s best to eat them fresh. Removing yellowed mushrooms is still be a good idea, since fresh ones may sprout in their place.
Powders are great for providing, or enhancing, flavor in dishes. Each mushroom powder has its own taste. While the oyster powder has a more understated soft taste, the shiitake powder has a stronger, more woodsy taste to it. The lion’s mane powder does more enhancing of the other flavors in your dish than adding its own flavor in.
We are happy to announce that we have added Lion’s Mane mushrooms into our selection. These mushrooms are held in high esteem as one of the best tasting cultivated mushrooms around! Some of our customers insist they taste similar to lobster when cooked in plenty of butter. If you’re interested in giving these mushrooms a…