VIGOROUS MOUNTAINS Dried Woodear Mushrooms for Cooking 5 oz, Chewy Texture Dry Black Fungus for Soup Stir-fries Salads , 木耳 , 141.7 g

I can't recommend these enough. Easily reconstituted. Just a few of them put into water gives you enough crunch in a salad or soup so no need to go crazy. One cannister lasted me more than a year. Used them for my Hot-n-Sour soup and other things I wanted a nice "crunch" in. Nice, mellow flavor too. I will always buy these because it's just about a perfect product for what I use them for. Just soak, rinse, dice and mix into whatever you're fixing :)

I was planning to make a ramen-inspired soup at home and one of my favorite ingredients in Chinese soups are woodear mushrooms. I tried these on a whim, hoping that they would be as good as the fungus in my takeout cuisine. I boiled water in my tea kettle and poured it over the mushrooms in a glass bowl. A few minutes later they'd rehydrated beautifully. I washed them several times but mine where much cleaner than I expected. I trimmed the ends and voila--they were ready to dice and use in my recipe. I made a soy/sesame/ginger/garlic/fish sauce dressing and tossed them with some wakame seaweed and green onions. It was so delicious. I used about half of the container which yielded a lot but not as much as I'd hoped so I will find myself ordering much sooner than I would have liked at this price but I have nothing but amazing things to say about the quality!

I wish I could give it a Zero star. After soaking, the wood ear mushrooms did not hold their shape at all and had a mushy, unpleasant texture. After a small taste, my tongue felt numb and had to throw them to trash immediately. I have eaten wood ear mushrooms my whole life and have never encountered anything like this. They lacked the normal crisp texture and flavor and raised concerns about quality and safety.

I read others reviews and made sure to rehydrate with cold water instead of warm and they were just fine. Once rehydrated this is a lot of value for the money!!

They taste right, aren't the largest pieces (but do expand significantly). Warm water makes them slimy; a cold soak is better, IMO.

These, once hydrated, have the texture of an inner tube and not much flavor. They add interest and color to the dish. Cut them fine and don't let them dominate.

I hydrated maybe 1/6 of the package which produced enough to fill a large takeout soup container and little go a long way! The mushrooms don't taste like much on their own, but absorb flavors well and have a great texture.

I have ordered this product for a few times due to its good quality,but this time for some reason it's totally different from the ones I bought before. After the black fungus were soaked in water for a while,they turned mushy and sticky and felt gross! That never happened before. Those fungus are not supposed to be like that way! I am so upset and disappointed with this purchase!! I don't think it would buy it again!