SC - Period Use of Mushrooms

[Decker, Terry D.]

Funges  Take funges, and pare hem clene and dyce hem.  Take leke, and shred
hym small and do hym to seeth in gode broth.  Color it with safron, and do
there-inne powder-fort.

I kinda like portobellos.

Bear

> I made the "Funges" (sorry about the spelling -- I'm at work and the
> recipe is
> at home) recipe out of "To The King's Taste" over the weekend as part of a
> practice session for my Barony's Yule potluck.  It came out pretty good
> and it
> got me to thinking -- what varieties of mushroom would have ben used for
> the
> original recipe back in Richard II's day?  Were they cultivated or did
> someone
> just go out and pull them off of tree trunks?
> 
> I used plain button mushrooms, but I think it would taste better with a
> different variety or maybe a mixture.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Renata
> Barony of Altavia
> Kingdom of Caid
> Los Angeles, CA
> 
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