ONETANG Natural Dried Shiitake Mushrooms - Premium Flavors |AAA Grade Extra Dry Mushrooms for Soups Sauces Pasta and Risotto Rehydrate Quickly All Natural & Vegan | 16 Oz

Great mushrooms, clean and easy to store, and here is a hint for anyone new to using dehydrated mushrooms when you start the soaking process use hot water and I add a little liquid smoke to make the mushrooms taste like smoked mushrooms and let the mushrooms soak for at least a couple of hours, but overnight is better, and the longer you soak the mushrooms the softer they will be when you get ready to cook with them. After soaking for at least a couple of hours the mushrooms will be soft with just enough body to keep them firm when cooked. If you want them even softer you can actually leave the mushrooms in the soaking solution in the refrigerator and they will be even softer and the longer they soak in the liquid smoke solution the better the smoky flavor.

This arrived well packaged with no visible signs of mold or other issues. Have no yet rehydrated and tasted these.

Great for broths and Asian cooking

The 5lbs dried mushrooms are easy to cook with. I rinse them twice with tap water, then soak them up in warm water for overnight, then cook them with meat, or put them in chicken soup. I bought a lot of similar ones in small packages before. Thought I'd try this big volume one with "scribe and subscription". They are just as good as I remember, chewy and tasty, with nice strong fragrant. And these mushrooms are decently clean, only need a bit of rinsing before soaking up. The only thing that's not as perfect is that when they arrived, the bit plastic bag was not vacuumed and tightly pressed those mushrooms together, instead it's loose and full of air, and those mushrooms were just tossing around inside when moving the bag. The description on the product page on Amazon says specifically that it's vacuum packaged. So I sincerely hope that next time when the next batch arrives, it's indeed vacuum packaged. When air gets in, and moisture gets in, dried goods can get moldy and go bad faster. Then I don't know when to start counting the time period that those dried mushrooms could stay their freshness.

I keep dried mushrooms in my pantry. I dont use them all the time, but just enough to warrant my purchasing a huge 5 lb bag-- best price per ounce too. Worry about them going bad? Nah, dried mushrooms last indefinitely. A lot of foods are like that. Store them well, and they are going to be totally fine for years to come. Good prepper food. No shortage of info to be found regarding this.That being said, my bag has a best by date of Feb 2025-- couple years out. Best by is really only an guarantee of freshness, taste, and nutritional value. After that, it is possible for there to be a decrease in quality, etc, but it depends on the food. Dried mushrooms are not affected by time so much.Any dried vegetable or fruit wont rehydrate to perfection. Soaking is very important, not just tossing in when cooking (ie, dont think that they have been "soaked" because they were added to a long simmer soup). I find it best to soak before actual cooking or other uses. Stems take way longer to soften up, so it may be best to remove those as soak separately.I like shiitake for its mild flavor and high nutrient value. I ay use fresh white cap or portabello mushrooms then add in some dried (well, soaked) shiitake to give added boost.Huge bag. Like size of a bed pillow. I dont store them in any fancy complicated way. I take out what I think I will use over the course of a month, then just tape the bag closed and store in cool dark area. If I am motivated, I may divide these up into jars, baggies, or mylar bags just for ease of storing. If not, the mushrooms are fine in the bag they came in.

I bought mine in April, and they tasted great. But after two months of being stored at room temp in my pantry (It's June now), I found tiny bugs on the gills of all the dried mushrooms. I'm still shivering from seeing them. I had to throw the entire batch out.

seems to be fine.

Maybe im doing something wrong but the texture is tough to me even when soaked for a long time