[TheForge] Ice in the Slack Tub, OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

There's a similar folk extraction for Aminita muscaria.
Wild mushrooms are the consolation prize for the rainy season.
It's raining now.
And hey, my freeform fireplace draws...tested for the first time 
tonight. I used to make a lot of them, but it's been years...Pete F

Steve Smith wrote:
> Mushrooms make an amazing variety of strange chemicals. I eat mushrooms 
> when available (and hunt wild ones), but I don't eat them raw. Too much 
> weird stuff.
> 
> Your korvasieni in particular, also known as Gyromitra Esculenta and the 
> false morel, contains a poisonous compound called hydrazine which is 
> basically rocket fuel. Weird.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Viola wrote:
> 
>> Here in Finland there is a deadly mushroom (korvasieni) that people
>> eat. It is so toxic that you need to handle it with gloves.
>> It needs to be boiled three times and then cooked for eating.. I've
>> always wondered how they discovered that boiling it 3 times was
>> enough. Was the forth person heating up the pot of leftovers lucky?
>> Besides why put your life at risk just to eat fungus? blahhh! It would
>> be safer to lick my toes!
>>
>> Wombat
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/05, Chris Kilpatrick <crimsonkil at lycos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Puffer fish have neurotoxins in them, cut the sack, which is in the 
>>> visceral cavity, and a drop gets on the meat, the customer is dead 
>>> before they can even taste the fish.  It is a delicacy because the 
>>> meat also contains euphorics, or "happy drugs".  The japanese lost 
>>> their national treasure comedian to puffer, or "fugu".  Since then, 
>>> they have outlawed it preparation and serving.  However, for a chuck 
>>> of yen, you can find underground fugu chefs.
>>>
>>> -Chris K.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: frosty at customcpu.com
>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Ice in the Slack Tub, OT
>>> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:09:00 -0900
>>>
>>>
>>>> That's an easy one Charles.
>>>>
>>>> The poisoning victim not only survived but enjoyed dinner. It 
>>>> probably took
>>>> the poisoner now chef a few helpers to figure out how to do it again 
>>>> but
>>>> that's just progress.
>>>>
>>>> <grin>
>>>>
>>>> Frosty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting xlch58 at swbell.net:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Oyster's and other items don't perplex me, what does are culinary
>>>>> items like puffer fish.   How many people were poisioned getting
>>>>> the preparation process just right, and why would they persist?
>>>>> Charles
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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