Mushroom Powder

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Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Wash half a peck of large mushrooms while quite fresh, and free them from grit and dirt with flannel.
Scrape out the black part clean, and do not use any that are wormeaten: put them into a stewpan over the fire without water, with two large onions, some cloves, a quarter of an ounce of mace, and two spoonfuls of white pepper, all in powder.
Simmer and shake them till all the liquor be dried up, but be careful they do not burn.
Lay them on tins or sieves in a slow oven, till they are dry enough to beat to powder;
then put the powder in small bottles, corked and tied closely, and keep in a dry place.
A teaspoonful will give a very fine flavour to any soup or gravy, or any sauce;
and it is to be added just before serving, and one boil given to it after it is put in.