shiitake

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Too damn hot to fire up the stove, so I'm subsisting on shiitake-and-eggplant pate on homemade sourdough.

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  1. noun An edible eastern Asian mushroom (Lentinus edodes) having an aromatic, fleshy, golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible tough stipe. Also called Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom.

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  • In both animal and human studies, shiitake or its various components exhibited a strong antitumor effect against a wide variety of tumors. —  Omni: February-March 1993
  • The chicken stew recipe calls for mushrooms, either shiitake or button or both. —  Giddy Tigers
  • Maitake, shiitake, chaga, and reishi are prominent among those being researched for their potential anti-cancer, anti-viral, or immunity-enhancing properties. —  Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers / Feed
  • Too damn hot to fire up the stove, so I'm subsisting on shiitake-and-eggplant pate on homemade sourdough. —  Athletics Nation
  • Some of these mushrooms, primarily shiitake and maitake, can easily be found in health food shops. —  cafebabel.com
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  1. Japanese : shi, oak + take, mushroom.
 

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