After reconstituting and rinsing, and rinsing again in boiling water because of the dirt smell, i added the mushrooms to my stir fry. The texture was rubbery carboard, and the taste was like rotting compost. I tried again, rinsing the mushrooms thoroughly, boiling them in water for over 10 minutes, then rinsing in cold water then more boiling water. After all that, i tried chopping them into unform pieces for a gravy. It was as if they were still dried. I tasted a couple and through them out. I love good mushrooms, and this product is not it.
PS: I have used dried mushrooms in the past, so the comparison is to past experience with comparable products.