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Mushrooms with Cream

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

hoose some half - grown mushrooms, clean them, cut them to pieces, and toss them up in a saucepan with some butter, seasoned with salt and some grated nutmeg, and with a bunch of sweet herbs ; let them be shaken over a brisk fire, and when they are done enough pour in a gill of thick cream

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