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Default Fun surprise with mushrooms

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:16:11 PM UTC-7, Eric Lafontaine wrote:
> On 2012-12-11 18:21, Emery Davis wrote:
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> > On 12/11/2012 07:51 AM, lleichtman wrote:

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> >> On Monday, December 10, 2012 3:47:40 PM UTC-7, jcoulter wrote:

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> >>> I was debating whether or not to put some mushrooms on my Risotto

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> >>>

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> >>> Milanese last night so I popped couple in my mouth to taste them.

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> >>> Not so

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> >>>

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> >>> good so I opted out ofthe mushroom garnish. I then tried a sip of

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> >>> the

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> >>>

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> >>> Barbera d'Asti that I had opened. I had orignally wanted to go with

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> >>>

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> >>>

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> >>> Dolcetto but didn't have any. I suppose a Valpolicella might have

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> >>> been a

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> >>>

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> >>> little nicer, but the real shock was the absolute horrible vinegar

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> >>> sour

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> >>>

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> >>> etc taste. As per custom I had Beverly try. She said, "Yumm I like

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> >>> it!"

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> >>> end result Barbera so so with Osso Bucco but OMG bad with off over

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> >>> the

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> >>> hill mushrooms!

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> >>> Joseph Coulter

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> >>>

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> >>> having found my eternal september settings again!

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> >>

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> >> Depending on the mushrooms, you could have made yourself really sick.

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> >> I'm assuming these were store bought not picked. Many bolletes can

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> >> have really negative reactions with alcohol in some folks.

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> >>

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> > Really? I know that Boletus satanus will make you very sick, and even

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> > more so when combined with alcohol. and there are a small handful that

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> > are simply inedible. I can't think of another one that's particularly

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> > reactive with alcohol.

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> As far as I know, B. satanas is (mildly) poisonous, regardless of
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> alcohol pairing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_satanas) and
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> hardly edible, due to its bitter taste and putrid smell (except maybe in
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> very young specimens)
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> Now, (some) ink caps are horses of quite a different color
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria
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> No idea if you have them there, the shaggy one is a treat
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> > Certainly are a lot of other somewhat poisonous mushrooms where the

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> > effects are worsened by alcohol, though.

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> --
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> Éric Lafontaine


We get shaggy manes every fall. They don't last long and must be cooked quickly. I make shaggy mane rellenos out of them.