[wiseweeds] Fwd: The_Medicinal_Power_of_Mushrooms?

[Guest guest]

This is the season for maitake...a local supermarket by us used to carry

these...but as it's changed names and all...not sure now if they will. Nice

sliced and stir-fried.

 

> ><LI>Maitake: This delicious Japanese mushroom is also called " hen of the

> >woods " because it grows in big clusters that resemble the fluffed tail

> >feathers of a nesting hen.

 

I disagree with Weil about taking this in caps. My understanding of its use is

you

really need to decoct it. Also, if you buy caps....beware...I had a bunch filled

with cocoa...not Reishi, aka Ganoderma lucidum

 

>

> ><LI>Reishi: Strictly a medicinal mushroom -- not a culinary one -- reishi

> >is hard and woody and has a very bitter taste.

 

Shiitake mushrooms are a taste delight.

 

> ><LI>Shiitake: These meaty and flavorful mushrooms contain a substance

> >called eritadenine which encourages body tissues to absorb cholesterol and

> >lower the amount circulating in the blood

>

 

Cathy, Wise Weeds

http://www.freeyellow.com/members6/wiseweeds/

[Guest guest]

YO Cathy!

Hey girlfriend, and how about growing the little fun guys!

 

A lot of the seed catalogs sell mushroom kits.

I sent out 8 boxes of compost and spore as Solstice gifts last year.

My family was thrilled but I don't think it was quite the hit with my

husband's family. (I believe one brother-in-law's comment was " oh great,

manure and fungus! Just what I always wanted.)

 

2 years ago at Herbfest the Mr. bought a log with shiitake plugs in it.

I bought a huge plastic container and diligently sprayed the thing with

water but nothing came of the adventure but mold.

 

When spring arrived the Mr. put it out in the back yard. We argued over

where it would get the least direct sun and each moved it about daily

while the other was away at work.

Finally the thing got tossed in the stinging nettle

 

and there amongst the stinging nettle it blossomed shiitake.

 

Blessed Be,

Penel

who's been sizing up the bird bath for a crop seaweed