Mushrooms. No. 5.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

mushrooms ↝ Mushrooms, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
milk and water ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
salt and water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
the best white wine vinegar ↝ Vinegar, red wine [Spices and Herbs]
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]

Instructions (5)

Put your mushrooms into water; rub them very clean with a piece of flannel; put them into milk and water, and boil them till they are rather tender.
Then pour them into an earthen colander, and pump cold water on them till they are quite cold.
Have ready some salt and water; put them into it; let them lie twenty-four hours; then dry them in a cloth.
Then put them into a pickle made of the best white wine vinegar, mace, pepper, and nutmeg.
If you choose to boil your pickle, it must be quite cold before you put in the mushrooms.

Original Text

Mushrooms. No. 5.

Put your mushrooms into water; rub them very clean with a piece of flannel; put them into milk and water, and boil them till they are rather tender. Then pour them into an earthen colander, and pump cold water on them till they are quite cold. Have ready some salt and water; put them into it; let them lie twenty-four hours; then dry them in a cloth. Then put them into a pickle made of the best white wine vinegar, mace, pepper, and nutmeg. If you choose to boil your pickle, it must be quite cold before you put in the mushrooms.

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