To Dress a Dish of Mushrumps ~ 1706

Take ye firme mushrumps and pill ye scin from them and scrape away all ye red yt grows on ye insyde of them and pill yr stalks likewise. If you finde them firme throw them as you doe them into faire water and let them ly 3 or 4 hours, then take them out of ye water and set them on ye fire in a pan, theyr owne Liquor will stew them, put in an ownion cut in halves and often sticke them as ye water rises cast it still away till you finde them almoste dry, then take out the ownion and put in a little sweet cream yt is thick and shred in some parsley and put in some grated nutmegg and a little grose pepper and a little salt and soe let then boyle, shaking them well together, and put in a piece of fresh butter giving them another shake and soe dish them up.