How to Pickle Mushrooms
Pickling is a way to preserve foods by using a salt brine or acidic solution. Pickling mushrooms was a way to preserve a seasonal crop. In the United States, people living in rural areas gathered a small group of recognizable wild mushrooms much like those foraged today. Pickled mushrooms were served in autumn–winter or as part of a mixed pickle, relish, or cold meat spread. Recipes for pickled mushrooms were published in the latter 1800s and they usually called for…