For me, it provokes a memory of a romantic dinner date. My first experience tasting a mushroom was when my late husband (my fiancé at the time) prepared dinner for me. Steak with mushroom gravy.
Before meeting my husband, I avoided mushrooms for two reasons.
~Number 1: My mother never used them in any of her recipes. Mom didn’t cook them. (???) Maybe they don’t taste good. (O.o)
~Number 2: The way people describe mushrooms. Fungus. Toadstool. They don’t make the mushroom sound appetizing or visually appealing.
However, many cooks and chefs use the mushroom as the main ingredient in their recipes. Foodies are happy to share photos of amazing dishes where mushrooms are the star of the show.
As for being visually appealing, mushrooms are quite beautiful.
Artists often use them to illustrate fantasies.
Nature photographers go insane! They capture incredible pics just roaming through the woods or the fields.
My first time eating mushrooms was over 40 years. But from that day forward, I didn’t need convincing to make mushrooms a part of my diet. However, in case you do, perhaps this health article by Popular Science will persuade you. “4 reasons you should eat more mushrooms”.
It's good to know these reasons why, but the most important thing everybody needs to know about mushrooms is that some of them are NOT edible. No doubt you will find these information links useful.
10 of the World's Deadliest Mushrooms - WorldAtlas.com
glitter-graphics.com
