I need to motivate myself to make wood ear mushrooms more. So good, but it’s a chore/process because they are sold as the dried form. So 1) soak in cold water (my grandma specified that they need to be soaked in cold water … I didn’t think to ask why), then, 1a) pick off the hard stubby ends, 2) boil, 3) add in to some dish (cook with sauce). The whole thing takes an hour? It just takes a little extra planning.