Jacob, lol at the mushrooms. I even took my gram scale out to see for myself. I happily give my mushrooms a quick shower or dunk now...horrifying my friends.
Harold McGee did the same experimenting about twenty years ago while writing a column for the NY Times. He soaked 252g of mushrooms in water for five minutes then weighed them; they gained 6 grams.
Here's a fun article from The Guardian by a writer who performed the same test in 2010: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jan/18/should-you-wash-mushrooms
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Here's a fun article from The Guardian by a writer who performed the same test in 2010: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jan/18/should-you-wash-mushrooms