MUSHROOM POWDER (a valuable addition to Sauces and Gravies, when fresh Mushrooms are not obtainable)

Ingredients

• 1/2 peck large mushrooms
• 2 onions
• 12 cloves
• 1/4 oz pounded mace
• 2 teaspoonful white pepper

Instructions

1. Peel the mushrooms, wipe them perfectly free from grit and dirt, remove the black fur, and reject all those that are at all worm-eaten;
2. put them into a stewpan with the above ingredients, but without water; shake them over a clear fire, till all the liquor is dried up, and be careful not to let them burn;
3. arrange them on tins, and dry them in a slow oven;
4. pound them to a fine powder, which put into small _dry_ bottles; cork well, seal the corks, and keep it in a dry place.
5. In using this powder, add it to the gravy just before serving, when it will merely require one boil-up.
6. The flavour imparted by this means to the gravy, ought to be exceedingly good.