Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-01-02
THE MEADOW MUSHROOM.
AutumnaI Morniax. BrinEs a. Up In
All ID. Glory.

Autumnai MorntaKs brfnEs ~ Up tn
All Its Glory.
This Is the season OF the year when
the woods and fields break out into
what might seem TO the uninltiated a
most strange and gorgeous infores-
cence. And they are not really unlike
flowers, these strange forms OF fungus
growth of many brilliant hues and a
great variety of shapes. There are
coral and sponge formations. curious,
indeed Great disks 81 golden yellow,
others of dazzling scarlet. are like some
tropical plants. which have strnyed.
by mistake into our cold New England
woods, looking quite out OF place In
their sober surroundings.
The many pink, orange and crimson
shades in mushrooms are like tulips In
their colOring, sometimes little like
them in form. Then there are waxy.
white and cream. up 10 deepest brown.
almost black Now AMI then vivid
green. Pure white, with scarlet.
blood-llke spot in the center. hundreds
and hundreds. aud seemingly no two
alike. Pun balls, white and brown.
from the tiniest white dot TO those n
foot In diameter,
How many OF all these mushrooms
are edible We knew not, but as a friend
tells OF making full meal out OF
over 100 different kinds" We should
suppose that many Of them, even the
most poisonous look Ing ones, must b.
the very best Of eating. and not toad.
stools, as country people designate
each and every mushroom not surely
known to be edible.
But II Is not with any or all OF this
magnitcence that We have 10 do; no
vain. and tnayhap hazardous, expert.
menting Is for u5 After little anx.
lous tentative trying and tasting we
have gone back 10 our iirst love autans
the mushrooms. and intend 10 remain
constant to II. and II only. forever.
IL Is the modest meadow mushroom
tAgaricus campcstFisJ that We welcome
so eagerly, which bcgcins The grcencss
spots In old pastures Ia the dewy morn.
ings ~ autumn How the creamy, sat.
lny disks glcam III tile morning sun,
We hasten To gather them before the
sacFrligiOus feet 81 careless cattle may
mar their crisp tenderness. The crick.
cts and beetles are often h..fogr tts.
fcasting on the treasured glf, % lienc.
iic"nt nature.
Mushrooms should b. gathered cars-
fully. the earthly ends IL the stems cut
OF, then placed. gilis down, In a has.
ket. s1 they wiihuOt get broken or sand
get Into the deep giiis No peeling ID
necessary for these fresh. tender siain.
ties ~ the fields. Remove the atefnA.
which. however. can be used IN you
wish, looking carefully for the tiny
mngIots which often Turk In thu, cap
NJ the top Of the stem: but II n not
wen TO be too particular. 4 true
lover must not be too par.
tIcular.
Mushrooms can H. boiled, baked.
stcwed, dressed with salt. pepper, but.
ter and cream. served on toast or
alone, or made into most appealing !
sauces for steaks. chops. etc. They
are. we think. delicious in any wny
only needing sufficient cooking 10 over. |
come inc strong. Hcrid taste peculiar 10 |
me nncooked article The question. of |
course. arises how one can tell the |
goal from the had. the edible from, the |
ilohediole. or. ~ people generally say,
m mushroom from toadstool"
The only safe way Ia to know the |
mushroom In question. % know II thor.
onghiy. Find somebody who doe.
Know II to Introduce you. You will
never regret II. The meadow mush. |
room ~ common. very. comuon 10 he. |
come acquainted with. once really |
Known u can never bc mistaken for |
my other. Written directions for dis |
tingiishing the edible from the non. |
EDIBLE mushrooms arr often mIslead. |
ing, and oil s0-called tests" arc fall. |
Bile.
When you once know this favorIte
examine each one you pick.
mat perchnncc you may not got one
bah with the good. Even one poison.
pus mushroom would spoil all the in. |
.cehI. delicious ones. aud Il Ia by this
rarelcss gathering aud lack Of examIn.
alton that the many cases Of muah.
room poisoning are cansed: so. Inc
wary. my friends. but cat mushroom.
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