straw mushrooms
Paddy-grown edible caps
Straw mushrooms are small, edible fungi cultivated on rice straw, popular in East and Southeast Asian cooking.
They have a mild, earthy flavor and distinctive appearance—a dark cap emerging from a pale, egg-shaped volva.
Often sold canned outside Asia: The stir-fry called for straw mushrooms and water chestnuts.
Quick-cook in hot oil
- wokConcave cooking pan
- tom yumThai hot-sour soup
- phoInformal fake spelling
- hot potSimmering communal broth dish
spring rolls · dim sum · oyster sauce · fish sauce · bok choy · bamboo shoots · water chestnuts · rice noodles
Kept from deterioration
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- shelf-stableStorable without refrigeration
drained · imported · convenience · nonperishable · ready-to-use · sliced · whole · jarred
Fungal filament network
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- capCovering for top
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
tropical · substrate · spawn · fast-growing · harvest · mycology
Appetizing, not sweet
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- meatyRich in content
- brothyLike thin soup
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
depth · richness · subtle · mild flavor · soy sauce · miso · fermented · bouillon
Element in a mixture
delicate · slippery · absorbent · quick-cooking · perishable · fresh · recipe · vegetarian
stir-fry
Quick-cook in hot oil
hot pot · spring rolls · dim sum · oyster sauce · fish sauce · bok choy · bamboo shoots · water chestnuts · rice noodles · curry
preserved
Kept from deterioration
shelf-stable · drained · imported · convenience · nonperishable · ready-to-use · sliced · whole · jarred · processed
mycelium
Fungal filament network
cultivated · tropical · substrate · spawn · fast-growing · harvest · mycology
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
glutamate · depth · richness · subtle · mild flavor · soy sauce · miso · fermented · bouillon · stock
ingredient
Element in a mixture
silky · delicate · slippery · absorbent · quick-cooking · perishable · fresh · recipe · vegetarian · vegan
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