On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:02:51 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:

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> "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> news
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> > I still haven't given up on mushroom catsup... does this recipe sound
> > like it would be similar to what you buy over there?
> > Boil till thick.
>
> My mushroom catsup which O sent me from the UK is not thick at all.
>

Yours survived? Lucky you! Mine didn't, but I did see it was very
thin. Since you got a chance to taste it, was the flavor anything
like that recipe might make? I'm suspicious of the spices. It seems
too "sweet". I'm also suspicious of the salt, wondering how salty the
end product would taste.

I don't know how anyone can take mushroom pot liquor and boil 'til
thick. That would be like boiling water till thick. The recipe was
written in 1904, so I assumed the directions weren't as clear as they
should be. I imagine, they want you to reduce the liquid and
concentrate flavor... how much you'd boil it down, I don't know.



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