Oma, I once ate a sauteed portabello that my mother made...She sauteed it in lots of butter and it was okay, but the texture was still slimy. I really don't like them at all...The funny thing is that when my mom and I go to a Japanese restaurant we love in Chicago, we often order a spring roll to share. It's like an egg roll -- only it's not fried. It has all sorts of vegetables in it.....and some rice noodles and cilantro. The taste of the cilantro is pretty dominant...a taste I really like...so I will eat the spring roll -- even though it likely has a mushroom in it. In that, it is well enough concealed so that neither the taste or texture are noticeable. I'm really not a fussy eater and am generally willing to try just about anything. For some reason, mushrooms just make me want to gag. I suppose if someone gave me a really nice German dark beer and had me drink that, I might over look the taste and texture of mushrooms....but they are really the only food that I truly dislike.