Departments reshuffled
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new Department of Food
Science was established
November 15 at Penn State
University.
The new department
brings together 17 faculty
members with food science
interests and programs from
the animal, poultry, dairy,
and horticulture areas.
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Mushroom productivity in
the United States has broken
all records - during the 1974-
75 crop year, mushroom
production rose to nearly
299.1 million pounds ac
cording to figures from the
Statistical Reporting Service
of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. This is more
then 7 percent above last
year ... which was also a
record year for mushrooms.
Mushrooms have a
fascinating history stret
ching back to the days of the
Romans when mushrooms
were called the “Food of the
Gods” and were served only
on special occasions. Ac
cording to folklore, the
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By Doris Thomas
Romans thought that
mushrooms provided
warriors with unusual
strength so they were fed
mushrooms just before going
into battle.
The ancient habit of eating
“wild” mushrooms,
however, caused its
problems too, because it was
difficult, then, just as it is
now, to determine which
were edible and which were
not. Today, of course,
cultivated mushrooms are
available throughout the
country and are safe. The
cultivated type of
mushrooms were even in
demand in the 1700’s during
the reign of Louis XIV in
France.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Dec 6.1975
Agriculture records show
that the first mushroom
producing center in this
country was in the vicinity of
New York City. In 1890,
greenhouse operators near
Kennett Square, PA, started
to grow mushrooms in the
unused spaces under their
greenhouse benches. It may
have been the beginning or
the founding of this industry
in Pennsylvania which now
boosts Of supplying 60 per
cent of all the domestic
mushrooms.
November and December -
are the big months for
mushroom production.
Perhaps that’s one reason
why the festive occasions of
old made so much over the
mushroom. The month with
the least amount of
mushroom availability,
generally, is August.
Mushrooms were - and still
are - used in religions ob
servances in some countries.
Primitive peoples, according
to folklore, had great faith in
this mystical fungi.
Scientists today say that it is
not true, as formerly
believed, that darkness is
required for growing good
mushrooms. Suitable
compost, good sanitation and
constant temperatures are
most important.
Most often we think of
mushrooms as being small,
but this Is not necessarily so.
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A 40 pound wild mushroom
was once reported in Salem,
Oregon.
On buying mushrooms .
Look for freshness, color and
shape. Deterioration may be
noted by a brown
discoloration of the surface
and by opening of the viels.
The size of the mushroom is
not an indication of ten
derness, since caps on one to
three inches in diameter
may be of the same
maturity. But small to
medium young mushrooms
usually are the best ac
cording to marketing
specialists a the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Some consider button
mushrooms, picked before
the cap has flattened, to be
more delicate that larger
ones. The cap usually is
more tender than the stem.
However, large mushrooms
usually bring a higher price
than the buttons. About nihty
percent of the mushrooms
sold now are white.
On storing or keeping
mushrooms ... Low tem
perature is important. Even
in marketing they are
maintained at a low tem
perature and in the home
they keep best at about 32
degrees, and even at this
temperature should be used
within five days. If you’re
planning on freezing
mushrooms at home you
should select mushrooms
that are free from spots and
decay and sort according to
size... wash throughly in
cold water steam or heat,
then cool and put into con
tainers. Leave about an inch
of “head space” above the
mushrooms and then seal
and freeze.
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responsibility. The work
performed by men and
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identical to qualify for equal
pay. In the period from 1963
to 1973, the number of
women employed outside
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