Mushrooms. Is everyone else having difficulty finding basic canned mushrooms at the grocery?

[yellowdogintexas]

We certainly are here. When I do find them, they are at least twice as expensive.

[Ocelot II]

1. Canned mushrooms are too rubbery; I stick with the plain fresh ones.

So I haven't priced the canned ones. Everything is more expensive, I guess.

[Warpy]

5. I wouldn't eat them on toast

but chopped fine, they can work in homemade cream of mushroom soup, on pizza, in tomato sauces. As a flavoring when you're out of fresh ones and don't want to make a special trip to the store, they're fine.

I can tolerate the canned ones. Freezing is what turns them into old tires.

[yellowdogintexas]

18. I prefer canned mushrooms on pizza; maybe I am weird, who knows?

I add them to spaghetti sauce, make soup with theme

For some reason, I have never liked fresh mushrooms on pizza. They just sort of sit there and feel dry.

I like fresh ones sliced in salads, sauteed in butter/wine sauce and so forth. I just don't like them on pizza, and they are handy for other things

[Warpy]

21. Frish ones work on pizza if you saute them first. They don't work raw.

I'm not nuts about raw ones, period. Saute them in butter with a few swipes of nutmeg across a grater, pure heaven.

[yellowdogintexas]

22. Thanks. I could do that at home. Restaurants sadly do not do that

as a general rule. At least not here.

However, canned mushrooms are still difficult to fine and pricey when you do find them

[yellowdogintexas]

17. it isn't just price - it is nearly impossible to find them. nt

[NoRethugFriends]

2. Why canned??

[yellowdogintexas]

19. because I like them nt

[RainCaster]

3. We can still get them by the case at Costco

No problem

[yellowdogintexas]

16. our Costco stopped carrying them 2 years ago.

I can rarely find them on the shelf at supermarkets and they are about double in price from when I bought them regularly. Which was of course when I could find them almost anywhere.

[RockRaven]

4. To be honest I have never bought canned mushrooms in my life, IIRC...

Neither a mushroom fan nor a hater, rather indifferent outside of maybe some specific cases.

Usually the recipes I'm using call for fresh whatever mushrooms, and if I cannot get them (or don't want to make the effort, or they're overpriced) then I either skip them or make something else...

Though I do also use dried mushrooms in some recipes, and have substituted reconstituted-dried for fresh.

Are there specific/unique uses for canned mushrooms or is it just a swap-out for fresh for convenience/preservation purposes?

[2naSalit]

6. Saw some in the store today on sale....

Otherwise I wouldn't have noticed them because I never use them. I either buy them fresh or dip into my dried stash of Morels.

[MontanaMama]

8. Dried stash of morels...

Heaven in the pantry…

[2naSalit]

10. Yes Ma'am!

Always have a few stashed away, you just ain't Montanan if ya don't.

[MontanaMama]

11. That's true.

I have a could canning jars full of tried morels. I think long and hard before using them.

[2naSalit]

12. Same here...

Special dishes only after I get down to a certain amount in the stash.

[Golden Raisin]

7. Only use fresh

Or reconstituted dried so haven’t noticed anything about canned as I have never used them.

[MontanaMama]

9. I've not seen them in cans lately.

But I did see them in jars not long ago. I don’t remember why I noticed them. I’ve got to hit 3 grocery stores today, if I see them, I’ll let you know. If you want me to ship you some, I’d be happy to do that, just DM me. I’m the shipping manager for our family small business. One more FedEx box out the door is no big deal.

🍄

[Retrograde]

13. Where's "here"?

And twice as expensive as what? I cook with fresh or dried mushrooms - fresh are common in the SF Bay area, and dried last a long time in the pantry. Dried mushrooms seem a lot on a per pound basis, but a little go a long way

[yellowdogintexas]

20. 'here' is Texas (Fort Worth to be specific)

Twice as expensive as they were when I could find them easily anywhere I shopped.

I use fresh for certain things but prefer canned ones for pizza, pasta sauce and convenience I don't like fresh mushrooms on pizza.

Price increases are no fun, but we just can't find them !!! It's not like we live in the boonies, either.

[Retrograde]

23. Try sauteeing the fresh mushrooms for pizza

Mr. Retrograde doesn't like fresh mushrooms on pizzas either, but we've found that if we sautee them first they don't get as crunchy as the fresh ones do when baked.

[spinbaby]

14. I've definitely noticed

I use canned mushrooms when I make pizza. Used to get them at Aldi for 49 cents; a year later they’re $1.39.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. I never buy canned mushrooms,

and in recent years I can only buy fresh already packaged, far, far more than I would use. There was a time when they'd have loose mushrooms and I could purchase as few as I needed.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

24. Why canned? Are you looking for straw mushrooms cuz if not, the fresh OR in a pinch DRIED shrooms are

MUCH better.

[yellowdogintexas]

25. regular old chopped button mushrooms like our mothers used

I like tossing them on a pizza or into a pot of pasta sauce. Easy, I like them and if I can find them they are convenient and I don't have to remember to get mushrooms from the produce dept at the store.

I love fresh mushrooms sauteed in wine sauce over chicken, in a hearty Boeuf Bourguigon or Coq Au Van. I just don't like them on Pizza!

[Voltaire2]

29. for pizza I roast mushrooms in a small amount of oil

and not for too long - in the same oven I'm using for the pizza. So like 5 minutes at as hot as your oven gets. Then put them on the pizza and they continue to cook there, plus they integrate with the other toppings and sauce.

[ificandream]

26. Gave up canned mushrooms for fresh a couple of years ago.

Fresh don't have the sodium of canned. They're much better for you.

[Voltaire2]

27. Canned mushrooms are an abomination.

However my favorite- fresh shiitake- doubled in price this year and are now unaffordable. The other fresh mushrooms also increased but not by 2x. A lot of my favorite recipes include mushrooms, so the mushroom situation is not good.

[intrepidity]

28. Haven't bought them in years, but I understand the appeal

Growing up, this was the only way I ever knew mushrooms, and liked them on homemade pizzas and in spaghetti sauce and certain Thai soups.

Canned has a unique flavor and texture that, if you are accustomed to, is not easily replaced. It took me years to adapt to fresh and dried varieties.

Having said that, a few weeks ago while walking my dog, I stumbled upon a recently-fallen oak tree trunk with a massive bounty of beautiful, stunning white oyster mushrooms! Which I promptly picked and shared with my neighbor. I've been watching for mushrooms for three seasons here now and this was the first time seeing oysters (or really, any edibles that are worthwhile). And I wasn't even looking at the time, because we hadn't gotten much rain yet. Which reminds me: I need to go looking today.....