Show FOOD VALUE OF THE MUSHROOM ancient fallacy of to it al vegetable time was when it was believed that the mushroom presented the compos uon of animal flesh which led to it being called animal beefsteak this conclusion london lancet bays was based on an analysis made many years ago when analytical methods were crude and when the chemistry of food was not well under stood the most important difference between the mushroom and the steak la due the rich proportion of pro felds the so called flesh formers in meat as compared with the feeble amount in the mushroom this tact aa ascertained by recent analysis hardly justifies the mushroom being regarded as a vegetable beet steak it may be a blow to the vege but he would have to consume at least ten pounds ot mushrooms in order to gain the equivalent ot a little over one pound ot prime beet indeed in the light ot modern inquiry there seems to be no reason for believing that mushrooms possess any greater food value than other ordinary treah vegetable foods and in respects they compare unfavorably with them |