Mushroom Ketchup. No. 3.

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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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (5)
  1. Pick the mushrooms clean, but by no means wash them; put them into an earthen pipkin with salt, cover them close with a coarse paste, and put them in the oven for seven hours or thereabout.
  2. Squeeze them a little, and pour off the liquor, which must be put upon fresh mushrooms, and bake these as long as the first.
  3. Then pour off the liquor, after pressing, and boil it well with salt sufficient to keep.
  4. Boil it half away till it appears clammy.
  5. When cold, bottle it up.
Original Text
Mushroom Ketchup. No. 3. Pick the mushrooms clean, but by no means wash them; put them into an earthen pipkin with salt, cover them close with a coarse paste, and put them in the oven for seven hours or thereabout. Squeeze them a little, and pour off the liquor, which must be put upon fresh mushrooms, and bake these as long as the first. Then pour off the liquor, after pressing, and boil it well with salt sufficient to keep. Boil it half away till it appears clammy. When cold, bottle it up.
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