CHAPTER VI.
SAVOURY DISHES.
MUSHROOMS.
In many parts of the country mushrooms grow so plentifully that their cost may be considered almost nothing.

On the other hand, if they have to be bought fresh, at certain seasons of the year they are very expensive, while tinned mushrooms, which can always be depended upon, cannot be regarded in any other light than that of a luxury.
When mushrooms can be gathered in the fields like black-berries they are a great boon to vegetarians.

Of course, great care must be taken that only genuine mushrooms are picked, as there have been some terrible instances of poisoning from fungi being gathered by mistake, as many Cockney tourists know to their cost.

As a rule, in England all mushrooms bought in markets can be depended upon.

In France, where mushrooms are very plentiful, an inspector is appointed in every market, and no mushrooms are allowed to be sold unless they have first received his sanction.