@IrregularPerson
As someone who cooks with mushroom often, I can verify that, yes, they can spoil rather quickly. If you know what you're doing, you might be able to put it into the fridge for a week or two. Otherwise, you'll have to use it quickly.
No one asked, but I used my mushroom for soup, kebab, burrito, or just stir-fry it with tofu and chicken. Just in case you encountered a similar problem to Taisho here...
The inky cap, aka tippler’s bane, Coprinopsis atramentaria, is a real mushroom that causes nausea and vomiting when eaten with alcohol. It’s a delicious edible mushroom otherwise.
@dextersTomato - button mushrooms or champignons exist in the wild as well. The domesticated types aren’t different from the wild type; they are all Agaricus bisporus.
All that said, readers, unless you’re experienced or have the help of an experienced mushroom hunter, please don’t pick and eat a wild mushroom because it looks like an mushroom you’ve seen in stores...
@JackRipper225
I don't really have any specific recipes since I mostly just play it by ear, but I always stir-fry my mushroom and tofu with some oyster sauce and then top it off with some caramelized onions. If I'm cooking for a vegan or if I have a vegan guest (or if I'm short on money...), I just use some ordinary soy sauce instead, sometimes even a mushroom-based soy sauce just to be sure. On a note about tofu, try NOT to get silken ones for stir-fry. Get firmer ones, they can handle the heat better. You can try to stir-fry silken tofu, just...don't blame me if you don't like it.
...speaking of mushrooms, mushroom wine is a real thing and not some made-up videogame food. Try it out when you have the chance.
@reunsigned
She's not. It's common in the service industry, or at least in Japan or SEA, that you don't eat garlic or any food that has a lingering smell on your mouth. Since your job is interacting with the customer, you don't want your breath to have a pungent smell. That's why Shinobu can't eat it because she's still working.