146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms?

The History of American Food · May 28, 2025 · 28m

Check out the NCPTT... while it's still there, and maybe find an unexpectedly cool place to live. Or maybe a cool woodworking job.

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ncptt/index.htm

Hey - so were early Americans eating mushrooms?

Yeah. But not all that much. Just enough for a mushroom industry to spring up in the end of the century - but only in one place, and only for one kind.

But in the meantime - mushroom powder is DELICIOUS... and not that hard to make.

Recipe for 1 quart/4 cups/1 litre of Mushrooms

Clean your favortie way. Cut or break up.

Combine with:

1/2 tsp mace (or slightly less nutmeg)…