MUSHROOMS FOR THE TABLE 



mushrooms in slices % inch thick. Place in a hot buttered 

 pan, with a little melted butter, salt and pepper, then cook in 

 a hot oven for 20 minutes. Meanwhile prepare toasted bread, 

 and when the mushrooms are ready, dip the toast in hot milk, 

 cover with the mushrooms, and serve hot. 



Baked in cream. Arrange 8 large firm caps (gill side up, 

 or I pound of small mushrooms) in a shallow, buttered pan, 

 sprinkle with salt and pepper and dot with butter. Add about 

 ]/i cup cream and bake 10 minutes in a hot oven. Place the 

 caps on pieces of toast and just before serving pour over them 

 cream remaining in pan. (An excellent simple method.) 



Under glass. Prepare circular pieces of toasted bread and 

 as many firm mushroom caps of medium size. Arrange the 

 mushrooms on the toast in individual dishes, sprinkle with 

 salt and pepper, dot over with butter, and pour over each a 

 small quantity of heated cream. Cover with bell-shaped 

 glasses and bake 20 minutes. Send to the table hot with 

 covers on, so that the fine flavor of the mushrooms may be 

 retained. 



IVith s'ujeetbreads. Cook i slice onion for 5 minutes in 3 

 tablespoons butter, then add lA cup bread crumbs, 55^ tea- 

 spoon salt, I cup milk, yolks of 2 eggs well beaten, together 

 with whites of the same beaten until stiff and a little red 

 pepper, together with lYz cups of finely chopped mushrooms 

 and I small parboiled finely chopped sweetbread. Fill but- 

 tered moulds or ramekins, set in a pan of hot water and bake 

 15 minutes. 



Stuffed tomatoes ivith mushrooms. One pound of mush- 

 rooms will suffice to stuff 8-10 tomatoes. Cleanse, peel, and 

 slice the mushrooms, then cook 5 minutes in a stew pan with 

 2 tablespoons butter, adding i level teaspoon salt. Scoop out 

 the centers of the tomatoes, stuff with the mushrooms pre- 

 pared, cover each with buttered crumbs, season to taste with 

 pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice. Arrange in a baking dish 

 and cook in a hot oven about 15 minutes. 



Beefsteak smothered iviih mushrooms. Bake ^ hour in a 

 buttered pan containing i tablespoon water, i pound of but- 



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