[TheForge] Ice in the Slack Tub, OT

[Tod Estes]

Enough to burn? Would it get to forging temp? I can see the headlines now:
Free form forging from firey fungi.
Sorry, I couldnt resist.
Tod.
> 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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Tod Estes
Oologah Smithy
Oologah,Oklahoma. (Home of Will Rogers.)
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Time enough for sleep in the grave.

"Prometheus: I took from man expectancy of death.
Chorus: What medicine found'st thou for this
        malady?
Prometheus: I planted blind hope in the heart of
           him.
Chorus: A mighty boon thou gavest there to man.
Prometheus: Moreover, I conferred the gift of fire
Chorus: And have frail mortals now the flame-
        bright fire.
Prometheus: yes, and shall master many arts
            thereby."