Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born. ~Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Boy, people sure are divided on the mushroom issue!  I don't know anyone who is neutral on them.  Same for cilantro and coconut.  Well, I love all of these things!

I just wanted to share a video link to a clip from this wonderful lady named Clara Cannucciari.  I believe she is 95 as of this writing and has written a book on Depression Era Cooking and done several very charming video segments to go with it.  I think maybe her grandson has helped her out with these projects.  I'm only going to link her Fried Mushroom video here - if you like her, you can certainly find many more of her videos on youtube.

Her book:  Clara's Kitchen

Her video:  Fried Mushrooms with Clara

I love this dear lady and I don't even know her.  Notice how she 'air cuts' - she doesn't use a cutting board, but rather cuts her veggies, etc. in the air.  In one of her videos she talked about how they couldn't afford a cutting board back then, so this is how she learned to do things.  Scary to me!

I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.



~ks