Showing posts with label mushroom history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mushroom history. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Mushroom Swiss Burgers



Button mushrooms have grown wild since prehistoric times, having been consumed as food by the early hunter gatherers. 

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Onion Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms


Food historians tell us prehistoric peoples most likely consumed fungi and mushrooms. These foods were easy to forage and incorporate into meals. The Ancient Romans appreciated the taste and grew mushrooms. Modern cultivation commenced around the 16th century. Truffles, from the Perigord region in France are considered some of the most delicate and expensive specimens of this particular type of food. Portobello and Cremini are relative newcomers.