156 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



DEVILLED MUSHROOMS. 



Prepare as for patties, adding the yolks of two hard boiled eggs to each pint 

 of meat, a pinch of red pepper and a little chopped parsley. Serve hot or cold in 

 halves of egg shells, nested among green. McIlvaixe. 



SALADS. 



Many species of fungi make good salads. The best of these are Russulae when 

 voung, fresh and firm, either sliced raw, or stewed and drained ; Tricholoma per- 

 sonatum, raw or stewed ; Clitopilus prmiulus, raw or stewed ; Coprinus comatus, C. 

 micaceus and C. atramentarius, raw ; Clavaria, fresh, yomig, brittle, either raw or 

 stewed ; Fistulina hepatica, raw ; any of the edible Polyporaceae or Hydnaceae, after 

 stewing; the pulf-balls, raw or stewed. Any favorite species wall make a salad. 



After cooking, drain and cool. Mix with mayonnaise dressing, or make a 

 dressing to taste of oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Serve on lettuce. 



McIlvaixe. 

 FRESH MUSHROOM SAUCE. 

 2 tablespoons butter 

 2 cups fresh prepared mushrooms 

 salt and pepper 



Put butter in graniteware or porcelain-lined saucepan. ^Mien hot add mush- 

 rooms, cover closely and cook briskly two or three minutes. Season to taste with 

 salt and pepper, and serve with broiled beefsteak, birds or sweetbreads. 



Mrs. E. B. Ewixg. 

 TO DRY MUSHROOMS. 



Take those neither very young nor very old. Remove the butts only. Then 

 slice, string or skewer the slices lightly, and expose to a current of warm dry air. 

 A warm oven with the door open is a good place. When quite dry and shrivelled, 

 pack in tins with spice at top and bottom. \\'hen wanted for use, soak the slices in 

 tepid water for some hours. Then cook. Hay. 



TO CAN :mushrooms. 



Peel, drv, wash thoroughly and boil in well-salted water until done. The shaggy 

 manes, inky caps, honey caps and morels, and nearly all others, require but little 

 cooking and a very little water. Amillaria, Collybia, Coprinus and Morchella seem 

 to keep much better than Agaricus and Hypholoma. The morels and puff-balls are 

 much better chopped fine with as little water as possible. Be sure to salt abundantly 

 and have boiling hot to seal. Benedict. 



mushroom pickles. 



One-half peck of either Agaricus campester, Lepiota procera, Hypholoma fas- 

 cicularis, H\q)holoma perplexum, Clitocybe multiceps, or Russula virescens. Select 



