"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:02:51 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:
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>>> "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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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.
>>>
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>> 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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> It's salty. I use it only in place of salt. As the the rest, I think I'd
> give it a shot. It's a well established product.

The Mushroom Ketchup I sent to sf didn't surve the journey. When it
arrived, the bottle was broken, but I am sure she was able to see how thin
it was.
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