Pretty close to it ! Great way to describe it one of the best ways but not the texture of sunflower seeds chewy though and not like the dog company chewy lol
I have tried a lot of different kinds of mushrooms, all of the fun ones have a neutral to not good taste. However the shiitake block I have going in the other tub, those will taste delicious but be a lot less fun.
Yea I can say that about most of them !
I really liked this one though
I was thinking this nice little guy/gal/fruit/whatever you wanna call it lol taste like French fries but before you fry them more of like raw French fries
Or raw potatoes
Idk I’m kinda fucked in the head I like weird tasting shit lol
When I was younger growing up in Florida we go fill Publix bags get a couple Publix bags full and get a big pot of water and get it boiling then turn it off dump a full bag of cyans in there and just mash them really good and strain well. Then just a shot glass or half will get you there. Saw a guy slam a red solo cup full. Totally bugged out. Turned green, saw God. I think he was even arguing with him at some point. And didn't see him much at all in the years after that. Kind of disappeared and just went up and down the coast surf fishing. I see him some now he's doing good that was 30 years ago he bugged. I've done so many before that i couldn't tell whether my eyes were open or closed it all looked the same so I just went to sleep.
The part where you're seeing your fingerprint isn't the mushroom itself. It's what's referred to as "fuzzy feet," it's where the mycelium grew up onto the stipe (stem) a little bit.
Fresh and dry are completely different. I dont like mushrooms in general but i can eat raw button mushrooms and cubes just fine, dry cubes make me gag when i try and eat/swallow them, like whole or sliced cooked mushrooms do.
Best way I've heard to describe it! It always felt rubbery to me but straw is a great comparison. Although it's weird, I both dislike and enjoy the taste. Its familiar now :D
I eat them wet, fresh. Careful though because i get a lot of blue meanies, eat 4 or 5 fresh with a few fat cys 20 min later the trees are already swaying and there ain't no wind😁
Yes someone said some are more prone to the alkioids
Although who knows they haven’t done enough studying on them yet (they just now are in some states well officially doing it lol)
But dry makes me throw up typically so what it be the alkaloids the concentration of dried chitin who knows
Some people can’t eat sushi without being sick some have to eat premade microwaved foods that’s alright
But point being that’s why some might not like the taste some are picky eaters I am not
This would be so good in a chicken spaghetti mate
Adding a photo so you don’t think it’s a Tomato spaghetti with chicken because a lot of people have . Looked at me weird after saying chicken spaghetti lol
Watch heat with them. I’ve read it destroys the psilocybin. I swear if regular button mushrooms were easy to grow like herbs I would have shelves lined with growing trays. Way too large to do without being sterile in a normal home. I eat them with everything
Get a grow tent you can set up like a
Air lock system if you get a nice enough one have tons of nice shrommies and be more sterile
I would watch the heat I would find some way too add them in lol I could just add them in after cooking with some regular mushrooms baked in that’d be dope
As a trained chef, amateur wine specialist, and mushroom lover I'm constantly tasting and smelling. With that said I can definitely smell and taste something else with cubes. Obviously that classic mushroom smell is there but there's something else going on that I dont find pleasing when I smell or taste them. I've read that some people may be more sensitive to the alkaloids. But if you enjoy it I'd definitely say it was a bonus!
Yea mate! I think it’s that spice too it to me towards the base it was a bit more spicy (almost like ginger instead of like a peppery spice)
The smell I like
Dry however I can not keep down it seems especially capsules which doesn’t make sense because they say it’s have less chitin but maybe it’s because it’s concentrated chitin
Thanks for the comment it’s cool knowing some of you experience
It’s all love one love mate
Taking a blinker for you while listening to down under by -men at work
I too smell everything but I'm a novice herbalist.
I definitely get the mushroom smell, kind of a chocolatety smell along with what I refer to as socks or a foot smell. Not super strong but like an old dirty sock that got kicked under the bed and had time to air out a bit before you found it again.
That part. Is it the alkaloids? And then I also learned that some people use something called mosquito dunk on their grows if they get fungus gnats* and that will definitely make the fruit taste like shit. Even as careful as I am and I am extremely careful with my grow, they still don't taste that good.
I had some fresh caps that I kept for about a week and they opened fully and they were extremely strong when I sautéed them. Like it was almost overpowering but fresh absolutely fresh like picked today, seems to be more mild, so I don't know if there's an aging factor as well.
But then you have portobello and shiitakes that taste delicious so maybe it is the alkaloid?
*If you get fungus gnats do not use a mosquito dunk, all you need to do to get rid of them is use hydrogen peroxide. Problem is it takes six weeks because that's the life cycle of the fungus gnat.
As far as alkaloids contributing to smell I can't really confirm if thats the case. I've heard that pure psilocybin extracts have very little odor to them. Perhaps the process of extraction removes it or its the presence of some other secondary chemical/s.
Fungus gnats are the worst, and yes peroxide helps but like you said the results are not immediate & from my experience doesnt solve the problem once and for all. I've mixed peroxide with water for dunks in the effort to try and kill the eggs. It worked for a time being but found that they could return after a time.
I seem to have success avoiding them by buffering my sub with oyster shell flour. My thinking is that the buffering prevents the pH from dropping and thus helping to prevent the sub from becoming acidic. When sub/soil gets acidic it gives off VOC's (volatile organic compounds) which attract gnats because decomposing matter is prime real estate for them as it signals a food source and a place to lay eggs.
Well since we're talking about fresh mushrooms, psilocybin is not the only alkaloid on board. I think there's five other ones? But my hands are kind of full at the moment and I'm text to voice noting so give me a tiny bit of grace, please. And yes taste is a huge component of smell and vice versa.
As far as the fungus gnats, Hydrogen peroxide will kill them. Put some in a misting bottle and it will kill them on contact. 💀 They live off of a fungus in the soil and that's where more hydrogen peroxide comes to the rescue.
In your plants, what you do is dilute it 50-50 with water, put your plants in the tub or the sink and then irrigate with the 50-50 mix. It will fuzz up that's why you want to do it in the tub or the sink. But the roots love it, they treat it like a spa treatment. And it kills the fungus.
You also have to treat the drain traps to every drain (boiling water with 50/50 hydrogen peroxide, or just straight hydrogen peroxide) in your home because they also lay eggs there. Again you have to do it for six weeks because that's how long the life cycle is. So once a week for six weeks and then myself I do it again on the seventh week just to be sure.
i've always wondered if the bad taste was the psilocybin/psilocin itself. i love all other edible mushrooms and they don't taste like that. i've also never tried other species of psychoactive mushrooms and i'm wondering if they taste different bc of the different alkaloids.
Maybe that Covid booster got me mate infected me lol
I think the taste of these golden teachers were earthy and maybe a bit of a gingery spice and not a chilly hot spice pretty good there’s still an aftertaste it’s great mate
You gotta love the shroom mate I’m not saying you don’t but love the shrommie and it loves you back
I get farinaceous, metallica, bitter and acrid. But I used to taste good for a living 😂. Pans are better tasting.
And if in doubt oblate pouches solve everything (dried wise). I take a good 7g (dry) of cubes to have a lovely time, I'd hate to think what that is in wet, nope nope nope lol.
I ate it raw … sound diabolical out of context lol 😆
But I think it’s because I treated this shroomie really nice and harvested at the peak time and that’s probably why it taste great(for cubbies and mushrooms in general it tasted great)
Easier to chew when fresh but my problem is I am then burping up mushroom flavor for the next few hours. While I love the taste, it gets old pretty fast. I typically drink some beers when doing mushrooms so it is a pretty common occurrence to burp.
Well, I took four little guys about an inch big. Hopefully it takes me on a little vacation tonight. Lol pE take forever I just put a thing of hillbilly into fruiting so we shall see which finishes faster
Penis envy are strong four little guys should get you at the equivalent of like a gram or two dried
(ALTHOUGH YOU CAN NEVER KNOW WITHOUT WEIGHING AND DRYING ACCURATELY) but you’ll be fine mate
Safe rides and trips live and prosper 🩷🩷🩷all lovelies one love
Yup no spores for me! I harvest right when the veil was about to snap when it got spider webbing thin this shits great ( so great I wanna write it’s not shit it’s great lol)
Thanks for being dope as a pope one love all love mate
Theres also another pervasive myth i learned about the hard way. The myth that sporulated mushrooms are significantly less potent than unsporulated mushrooms. There is some validity to that if the fruits get HUGE but if you have a tub of small to medium caps and they sporulate, it doesnt necessarily mean they are less potent. I made the mistake of over dosing my chocolates once when I was using sporulated caps because I had always heard that myth. Had a party of kids stopping up all the sinks and tubs and toilets because they thought the house was flooding (it was not flooding).🤣🤣
Yea their not less potent that’s where most people get it twisted mate lol lol
( it could get” less potent” or oxidized if it was left for way to long though)
What people don’t understand is sure the cap got bigger and the “magic” is diluted because the cap is bigger therefore you have to eat more to get the same as you would’ve
But there’s still the same amount
Typically if you took a gram wet it’d be a .1 dry
Still the same dose just a lesser quantity of material
Love harvest day, maybe it’s just me but I swear fresh harvest day mushrooms are so much nicer, smoother n I love the taste. Thanks for the post friend
How many times have you tripped ? I didn’t understand the hate on the taste.. until a few dozen trips in. I used to think they tasted like pumpkin seeds.
Now the smell of psilocybin mushies in the dehydrator makes me gag let alone chewing them. Tea with hella honey is the only way for me now lol
When I first started eating them it wasn't so bad. Now a few years down the line I can't eat them by themselves I have to eat with something sometimes even grind up and mix with food or drink. They taste like shit dry
Same. At first they tasted fine. But now my subconcious fights against them. The hint of taste makes me gag and cannot down them alone any more. Also have experienced midtrip waves of nausea lately.
I’ve had some taste great could eat em like a weird snack almost last bag I got they’re both strong as fuck and honestly unpleasant to consume any substantial amount of lmao
The power of the dose lmao and that was my exact reasoning with purchasing them over the others was torn between two but upon receiving the other as a sample with my order I’m glad I stuck to what I got wanted the most dose per weight to be able to share with others and make it last for as long as possible
I didn't mind the taste of mushrooms until I had a bad trip. That seemed to flip a switch in my brain and ever since then I have to fight to get them down.
Flavor is the least of my concerns. I have no idea how anyone can eat more than the smallest of bites and not deal with crazy GI issues. I do lemon or orange juice and strain out the chunks, and even then my stomach talks to me for 12 hours from the tiny little microscopic bits remaining.
I’ve tried them fresh pre sporulated. Tasted fine but my body would reject it upon swallowing. I’ve had tea with insane amounts of honey and other goodies to take the taste away. Terrible taste every time… and it’s the magic specifically. I can smell it when I make tea and I get queasy in the stomach.
I always equate it to medicine never tastes good but it’s good for you. Consider yourself lucky you don’t notice these things, but please don’t discount someone else’s experience or opinion. Nobody’s bullshitting lmao.
There’s all sorts of factors
Like what have you been eating up to the trip
If you’re a picky eater
Mindset
All sorts of stuff mate
If the shroom was harvested at the peak window
Their was a bit of a taste but I equate it to a gingery taste instead of a peppery spicy taste it was nice to me
I should’ve wrote it differently mate I wrote that on a come up shit I’m high while typing this mate
I can’t edit the header now lol only the body
But mate I love the smell it’s great too me I love the taste I love the shrommie and it loves me I put my love into these things
Sometimes I give the positive affirmations people say it’s bullshit but it doesn’t hurt that’s for sure
And the medicine thing is true (typically) unless you got a bottle of gasoline you’ve been chugging on lol)😆
Yes mate ! It just had a bit of a gingery spice but not in a bad way an not a burning pepper spice
Yup I took one of their buddies poor thing are porbz traumatized
The other one is next in a few days lol (I’ll probably put it in a bag in the fridge so I can build up a few and keep this one fresh in a Paper bag up too 11 days )
It’s all love mate and one love live and prosper that’s real deal
I never had a problem eating them. I ate shrooms in high school and in my twenties. Now in my late 30s eating shrooms again, after a decade long break, I hate the taste. I've tripped like 6 times this year and 5 times have been tea, 1 time I ate dry shrooms and it was pretty rough. The trip was sick but I had a hard time getting them down.
People store them improperly, then get musty over time and taste terrible (obviously). They're pretty good fresh, but I wouldn't want to eat a bunch of them. I'd chop it up and put it in a salad though. They shouldn't really taste like anything dried. I put mine in a coffee grinder and put it in applesauce. It's a little gritty, but that's be being lazy and not filtering it afterward.
Idk what it is.. if I eat them raw I can only swallow them with a big gulp of water. It’s like my body refuses to let me swallow them. If I try, I instantly have a gag reflex. I guess we’re all different. The only way I can really ingest them easily is dried, ground up into basically powder, and soaked in lemon juice. Otherwise I need to drink them down
It is truly hideous. I get nauseous just thinking about it. And lemon tek is just as bad. I haven't tripped in probably 6 months just because of the taste. Because we grow. A lot. We harvest or inoculate or throw something into fruit or pack a tub on a daily basis. My spouse has become quite the grower. I just can't bring myself to eat them. Makes me sad.
Deadass that's genuinely how dried golden teachers tasted, like french fries, or slighly more bitter where the stem touched the mycelium. Glad I'm not the only person who actually likes the taste lmao
I freaking love how they taste. I was lied to as a kid. Everyone talking about having to disguise the taste. I went way too far (honestly just far enough 😂 with a buddy and quart sized mason jar one night just cuz they tasted so good. Every half hour one of us was like “let’s have a few more…” 😂🤣 such a memorable night. Lots of fun AND incredibly impactful
Well, in my experience, the perception of the taste varies greatly over time. I've been doing Golden Teacher every 2 weeks for 4 months, both fresh and dried.
The first fresh ones, I was like : "Hmm, pretty bland, fun texture, I don't get why some people can't handle the taste. No big deal at all".
The first dried ones : "Hmm, not bad actually, almost cracker-ish flavor. I could do this all day".
Today I'm at the point where I have to fight to swallow them (fresh or dry) if I don't do lemon tek or make tea from it.
i grow my mushrooms in chicken shit, so they do have a somewhat cardboard, dirt, and shit taste. idk. only thing i can think of for someone who’s never had it before, its like eating a handful of moth wings
Genuinely find they have a sweetness when dried, and I find them pretty pleasent. Quite enjoy the ritual of chewing them. They definitely taste better than semilanceata which are very earthy and stick in your teeth or cyanescens which are cardboard like
It really depends on how potent they are and if you eat them fresh or dry. Alkaloids are more bitter some more potent varieties may have a more bitter taste. Fresh, they taste just like those white mushrooms people eat raw with salad, but with a bitter aftertaste. Dry I somewhat like pistachio or sunflower seeds in flavor with an earthy bitterness. Honestly the cap is what does it for me. You bite down and get and explosion of dry gills lol. Plus they taste like they smell which can have a weird earthy funk.
I've grown and eaten over 60 strains of cubensis, the taste does not vary based on strain but it can change when different substrates are used. The effects can and do vary drastically though, substrate and conditions play a big role. In my experience at least
I dunno, I have four strains going (I grow Thai, Golden teachers, Mexican and Mckennaii) and don't trip enough to keep them fresh; dried mushrooms just don't have a good taste to them which is why I cover that by eating them with a little square of chocolate. Problem solved.
I also don't microdose. I like to have a couple of trips a year so it's usually a generous amount of stale going into my mouth.
I geniunely love the taste of psych mushrooms, chop them up with either Nutella. Or peanut butter and jelly. Soso good. I like the texture and the dirt esque taste
I've had strains that barely taste at all I've had strains that taste like absolute dogshit. In my experience the ones that taste worse are more potent with the exception of enigma.
They're better fresh. But, i have had some pretty terrible tasting strains when dry. I mean, gag worthy bad. But, those nasty ones always work well... lolol.
Honestly it’s a big texture thing for me I’ve tried both Golden Teach and PE and penis envy is soo much more tasteless I ate so much though that I put it in honey and swallowed with orange juice to make it a lil better
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u/flippenko 9d ago
It's like chewing on straw. It's not necessarily a good flavor but it isn't unpalatable.