Why do I love mushrooms but not if they're in soups etc?

Spendless

I really love mushrooms. They're probably my favourite veg (I know they're not strictly a veg). I'm not adventuress with varieties though only sticking to flat and button mushrooms. When I come to try things like mushroom soup, I cannot abide the taste. I can't describe it it's like an off putting, over powering taste and that's all I taste. I get similar (not always) in things like pies that have mushrooms in them. Last night I'd bought a ready filled yorkshire pudding with beef, potatoes and veg. It wasn't great and I know HM would have been loads better but I wanted/needed an easy meal. A couple of bites in and I remarked to husband that there was something in it that I disliked and could taste it. Afterwards I checked the packaging and mushrooms are about the 5th ingrediant listed, so it had been that. I decided to try and google and see why this happens and didn't really find anything which is why I'm asking here if anyone can explain. Currently I just add mushrooms to things like stews, curries, seperately at the end to avoid this happening when I cook, but I'd dearly love to know if I could ever make myself say a HM mushroom soup and it taste completely different to any tinned variety I buy. 

-taff

Mushrooms cooked in liquid are hardly ever nice and that's what you get when you buy ready made. They're kind of hard and slimy at the same time or like biting into wet polystyrene.

I made mushroom soup a couple of weeks ago, it was lovely, far nice than canned but then I fried them first in butter then cooked and blitzed. Before I blitzed they were approaching the hard rubbery texture but afterwards, really nice.

maman

I'd urge you to try chestnut mushrooms. They're often in the Wonky mushroom or Super 6 at Aldi.  Unlike the basic mushrooms, they don't ooze loads of black 'juice' when cooked so particularly good for things like omelettes.  

I don't like mushrooms soup either but I'll add mushrooms to anything else I can think of. 

Teapot55

If you’re fine with homemade stuff that you’ve added mushrooms to but can’t abide the taste of shop-bought stuff with mushrooms it’s possible that there’s flavourings or flavour enhancers or something similar that has been added by the manufacturer and it’s those you can detect. 

Spendless

Thanks for the replies. I'm leaning towards it being a flavour enhancer I can taste and dislike, but I'm not going to know unless I eliminate it by trying the suggestions here first. So I'm going to give a go to making a HM mushroom soup/sauce and try chestnut mushrooms too. If I'm fine with both them then it's definitely something in commercial products that I find unpleasant

pollypenny

Professor James Wong recommends mushrooms as one of the best ways to get your five a day. 

I can understand your dislike, though. I love cherries and almonds, but hate anything with either of them when cooked. 

coffeehound

pollypenny said:

Professor James Wong recommends mushrooms as one of the best ways to get your five a day. 

That's interesting; what is healthy about them?  

I like how mushrooms can be cooked in the microwave in a few minutes - very convenient for adding to quick meals.

Pollycat

-taff said:

Mushrooms cooked in liquid are hardly ever nice and that's what you get when you buy ready made. They're kind of hard and slimy at the same time or like biting into wet polystyrene.

I made mushroom soup a couple of weeks ago, it was lovely, far nice than canned but then I fried them first in butter then cooked and blitzed. Before I blitzed they were approaching the hard rubbery texture but afterwards, really nice.

Home made mushroom soup is a million miles away from the awful, gloopy 'cream of mushroom' stuff in tins.

Spendless said:

When I come to try things like mushroom soup, I cannot abide the taste.

but I'd dearly love to know if I could ever make myself say a HM mushroom soup and it taste completely different to any tinned variety I buy. 

Cookiepops

I am exactly the same as the OP - love mushrooms , have them in stir fries, currys, stews etc.... but cannot stand the taste of mushroom soup or mushroom sauces.  Mushroom soup is a joint first on my list of hated food, together with celery 

Pollycat

Just for clarity - are people talking about cream of mushroom soup?

Spendless

Pollycat said:

Just for clarity - are people talking about cream of mushroom soup?

That's the type I tried some years back and when I first noticed I disliked this overpowering taste. As I've avoided it since the same flavour sometimes comes through in things like pies or on this occasion a ready meal of a filled Yorkshire pudding, where mushrooms were one of the ingredients.