[tptacek]

Is this a problem a lot of people have, the slimy mushroom thing? I don't do anything special or careful at all with mushrooms; I rinse them off, maybe halfheatedly salad-spin them, chop them up and put them in a hot pan with some fat. I've never had a slimy one.

[quicklime]

I used to carefully clean my mushrooms with a brush to keep them dry so they wouldn’t end up slimy. But someone told me that was a myth and I decided to try just quickly rinsing them instead. Never resulted in slimy mushrooms, and I was shocked at how much crap ended up in the rinse water.

[tptacek]

My current belief is that there's nothing you can do to a mushroom that a hot pan won't fix.

[beambot]

Parboiling is often a critical step for certain mushroom species to remove toxins. But that's probably only relevant if you're foraging outside your local grocer.

[godelski]

Tbh, it mostly comes from people using too much oil. I have a longer description of my preferred cooking method above, though I should add that I still love them when cooked the normal way.