SC - Menagier's Champignons

[Oughton, Karin (GEIS, Tirlan)]

this could very well relate to the growth of the mushroom - in the same way
as small button cap mushrooms are more prized than ordinary open mushrooms -
so a one day old mushroom would be young, small crisp and sweet.

k.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gaylin Walli [SMTP:gwalli at infoengine.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 16, 1999 5:37 PM
> To:	sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	SC - Menagier's Champignons
> 
> I'm trying to figure out something about the mushroom recipe
> that Menagier has in the pastry section. The Pichon translation
> says
> 
>    CHAMPIGNONS d'une nuit sont les meilleurs, et sont
>    petits et vermeils dedans, clos dessus...
> 
> Which, I believe, translates roughly to the English
> 
>    MUSHROOMS of one night are the best, and are small
>    and red inside, closed above...
> 
> When it says "of one night" what does that mean? Does it refer
> only to when you picked them? For example, I picked
> mushrooms last night, prepared them today, and baked them in
> a pastry today.
> 
> Or does it refer to the when the preparation should start? For
> example, I picked mushrooms and prepared them last night,
> putting them in the pastry today and baking them.
> 
> This last idea would be somewhat akin to marinating them I
> think and is, in fact, what I ended up doing (mostly because I
> was pressed for time).
> 
> jasmine, jasmine at infoengine.com
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