You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Central Park MUSHROOM HUNT with Gary Lincoff - YES, you can EAT 'em too, if you DARE...!
That looks lovely, I want to come!!! I am definitely one of those people that rides the line of safety when it comes to wild mushrooms..Ive eaten plenty that I've found with 'considerable' research online...but as you've all noted, that is far from a sure bet.
Also, I usually do this thing where when I find a mushroom I'm interested it, I'll hold it near my throat, rub it on my lips for a moment, and if I feel good about it, I'll take a little tiny piece and tuck it under my lip for while to pay attention to how it feels.
I'm not dead yet :P but check back tomorrow
that sounds like a good plan, especially if you focus on those that don't have any highly toxic copycats (as you may have seen we were talking about in some of the comments). And it's good to check too the way you are (test on the lips first, etc), to see if there are any immediate reactions.
But of course, the biggest problem (hence, stay away from some of those white cap confusing ones), is that they don't give you any warning whatsoever, until 2 weeks later when you keel over from a hepatic cycle and need a liver transplant. Basically, your liver keeps trying to take out the toxins, but the same toxins get reabsorbed in the intestines, and the liver tries again, over, and over again, til it konks out). Kind of terrifying, actually!
Yeah, I definitely stay away from white ones...I've read too many stories about destroying angels. And I don't ever eat very much of anything I don't know, this practice does get supplemented with lots of research online and asking friends.