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with the melted butter or oil. In about fifteen minutes 

 they will be ready to serve. 



The Oyster Mushroom or its congener, the Agar- 

 icus ulmarius, might both be treated by this method, 

 the oyster or fish -like flavor of these species thus 

 affording a distinct second course for our menu. 

 Either of these Pleurotus species may also be treated 

 so as to closely suggest an escalop of oyster or fish. 



14 Baked Procerus 



Remove the stems ; do not rinse the mushrooms 

 unless they are soiled, and this species is usually con- 

 spicuously clean ; put some slices of toast in a well- 

 buttered pie-dish, and, with a little melted butter or 

 cream poured over them, lay in the mushrooms ; 

 sprinkle with pepper, salt, and a small quantity of 

 minced parsley which has previously been rubbed 

 with onion or garlic ; cover the dish with a plate 

 and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes and serve 

 in the dish. The aroma is thus conserved, and, upon 

 being released at the table, will prove a most savory 

 appetizer. 



15 Cottagers' Procerus Pie 



The following appetizing recipe is recommended 

 by Robinson : " Cut fresh Agarics in small pieces, 

 cover the bottom of a pie-dish with small, thin slices 

 of bacon, and place the mushroom fragments upon 

 them, with the addition of salt and pepper; upon 

 this place a layer of mashed potatoes, following again 

 with other similar layers of bacon, mushrooms, and 

 potatoes, until the dish is filled, the last layer of 



