Time.—20 minutes to 1/2 hour.
Average cost, 9d. to 2s. per pint.
Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons.
Seasonable.—Meadow mushrooms in September and October.
ANALYSIS OF FUNGI.—The fungi have been examined chemically with much care, both by MM. Bracannot and Vauquelin, who designate the insoluble spongy matter by the name of fungin, and the soluble portion is found to contain the bolotic and the fungic acids.
BAKED SPANISH ONIONS.
1129. INGREDIENTS.—4 or 5 Spanish onions, salt, and water.
Mode.—Put the onions, with their skins on, into a saucepan of boiling water slightly salted, and let them boil quickly for an hour. Then take them out, wipe them thoroughly, wrap each one in a piece of paper separately, and bake them in a moderate oven for 2 hours, or longer, should the onions be very large. They may be served in their skins, and eaten with a piece of cold butter and a seasoning of pepper and salt; or they may be peeled, and a good brown gravy poured over them.
Time.—1 hour to boil, 2 hours to bake.
Average cost, medium-sized, 2d. each.