Friday, November 28, 2008

Groovy shrooms

No, it is not what you are thinking. You will not get to see a picture of me ingesting anything that causes a chemically-induced euphoria. I did; however, stumble onto an old favorite completely by accident the other day. In fact, it was one of those situations where I had completely forgot it was something that I used to eat at home until I realized I was going to make it for dinner.

Isn't that weird how your memory can just block something out until - wham - it comes right back to you like an old forgotten memory?

Well, mushrooms on toast isn't something particulary "dear" but making it did bring back a few memories about home. I am sure that Sandy will appreciate it when she makes it at home herself.

I actually started making a pasta sauce with mushrooms until the shrooms on toast overtook my plans... here is goes.

Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in a saucepan. Saute about a half a cup of finely chopped onion in it for a couple of minutes. Add about a cup of sliced fresh musrooms and saute until tender. Sprinkle the entire thing with 1 tablespoon of flour. Add one can of mushroom soup. stir untill blended and warm. Add about a half a cup of milk (cream can be substituted if you feel you need the additional comfort). Stir again and add milk to the consistency you desire. It should be relatively thick... thicker than gravy - more like a thick chili.

THEN - get some nasty white processed bread - 2 slices - toast them and slather them with butter (you need the butter - it offers a hint of flavour that you would miss if you put the sauce on dry toast) Put on a plate and spoon sauce over top of each slice. Serve open-faced and eat with a knife and fork.

3 comments:

Carlyn Volume-Smith said...

what - no comments?

Carlyn Volume-Smith said...

Ok, so went to a restaurant yesterday and they had mushrooms on toast - except they used wild mushrooms - and likely no mushroom soup and topped it with cheese (swiss?). I didn't have it but my friend who did have it thought it was great. Who knew it could be so fancy??

Sandy Volume Haney said...

(First off: I'm sorry I have not checked this in eons, which in the blog world is a couple of weeks). You're terrible -- I SO WANT THIS RIGHT NOW! Loved your post. I also really really liked this sauce on white rice, but toast is best. Oh, thank you Campbells....