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- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:41 am
- Forum: Amanita Muscaria
- Topic: Are the stems useful at all?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6624
Re: Are the stems useful at all?
The fly agarics in this fall's crop are so huge that I haven't been bothering to dry the stems. So having some left laying around, I fried one up in some olive oil, and of course ate it. A stout stem, maybe 6 inches long. It turns out that they're at least mildly psychoactive. Kind of tasty, too - I...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Amanita Muscaria and physical health
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2942
Re: Amanita Muscaria and physical health
but if you want to get into specific reports of liver and kidney problems, we could take a look at it. What do you mean? Here's what I was talking about: I also read something about kidney and liver damage. That might be serious, or it might be like the repetitive injections of ibotenic acid into t...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: alternative drying methods: induction stove top or sous vide
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2396
Re: alternative drying methods: induction stove top or sous vide
Pardon me if I didn't understand it right - it sounds like "let's cook the mushrooms, and then dry them"? I wouldn't go there myself. The structure breaks down too much, there's vital fluids leaking out, and what's left would be difficult to work with to dry.
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A practice run at oven drying
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2522
Re: A practice run at oven drying
I've been seeing what looks to me like some scorching. While I have the "convection" fan on, I know from cooking in that oven that the temperatures will be higher in some places than others. As I imagine is usually the case.
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why discard the mushroom solids from the filtrate?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1883
Re: Why discard the mushroom solids from the filtrate?
For what it's worth, I've sometimes done that, to no ill effect.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oven Drying
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1475
Re: Oven Drying
If you can keep it to the lower end of that range, reliably, then it looks OK to me. 87°C (188.6°F) is hotter than I think is recommended, though honestly I may have lost track of the optimum temperature - I think it's 160-170°F. I just hauled in an armload of the stuff and have been drying it in th...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Amanita Muscaria and physical health
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2942
Re: Amanita Muscaria and physical health
... repetitive injections of ibotenic acid Don't do that, for sure - inject it into your brain, or anywhere else. For more realistic scenarios, liking eating a little or drinking an infusion, I doubt we'll ever have really detailed information on health effects - the chemistry of the species is too...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just had my 1st Amanita trip and.... omg
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3047
Re: Just had my 1st Amanita trip and.... omg
Sounds brilliant. We need a recipes section.
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conversion up to 90% or 60% question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2471
Re: Conversion up to 90% or 60% question
Additionally, how long would I dry my Amanitas in 70C for? I've heard 24h on one of Amanita Dreamer's videos, but many friends of mine did it only 6-8 hours and was just fine. In other words, does the conversion of Ibotenic acid to muscimol finish when the mushroom is cracker dry or even if it's dr...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:29 am
- Forum: Preparation Methods
- Topic: Oven drying experiences
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6634
Re: Oven drying experiences
Interesting, that so much liquid dribbled out, but they didn't deteriorate. I cut mine in strips, and left the oven door open a bit and the convection fan on, and monitored temperature with a cheap oven thermometer, a dial type that hangs from an oven rack. It has been a while - it's the middle of s...