Stalker was interested to read the comments of London-based chef Tim Anderson speaking about his favourite cheap ingredients for cooking with. For mushrooms he maintained that the cheaper varieties should not be overlooked for flavour and adaptability. “Cheap button mushrooms are really mushroomy, for lack of a better word. More expensive varieties of mushroom, such as oyster, enoki and beech have their charms but none of them are as flavourful or as versatile as ordinary button mushrooms. And I’ve never understood the love many chefs have for wild varieties such as chanterelle, trumpets or griolles.” Well that’s one up for the button mushrooms then. A ringing endorsement from a top chef. Get cooking.
