Unless one's pretty dense, it would be very
unlikely to get substantially sick from
mushrooms. There are a few must-knows, and

Don't know, I've read that some are quite deadly and look close enough
to a safe one that a person has to really know them to spot the
differences.

Pretty easy to finesse, as I've been doing for
five decades. If there are safe mushies that
look like poisonous, "when in doubt throw it out."
That leaves Clyde Christensen 4 (or more) species
that are guaranteed to please - and for me at least
a dozen.

one should not get too adventurous in an area
that one's not familiar with, but on the whole,
a knowledge of the really reliable ones and the
really poisonous ones, and you should be all set.

IF..................I had the time, inclination, etc to hunt them. Don't
have the interest in it, would rather buy them from a reliable source.

That is fine, but there are many kinds that are
unmistakable in appearance, flavor, and edibility
from any other, and it's good to know those.
Especially if you'd have to pay $30 a pound or
more for them if you could find them at all in
your farmers' market.

I was encourged to switch to losartan, which is
less problematic but has side effects.

They all have the potential of side effects, good or bad. Partly depends
on the body chemistry of the one taking the med..........your doctor was probably trying to come up with the least harmful to you but does the
job med.

Valsartan was touted as the best of the best, except,
as it turns out, for the small issue of industrial
contaminants causing cancer.

I doubt you'd have noted them, because they had
peanut butter filling.

I've seen the pb filled ones, just not looked at the ingredients list.
Don't need to, as I know I won't buy them when I see pb in big letters
on the packaging.

I figured you'd not be tempted by peanut
butter crackers.

There are those of whom it seemed they spent all day
pounding that keyboard; I don't think that's true of
present company, though.

Not me, never have been, never will be.

I could see that condition for myself if I were
largely physically incapacitated or had the task
of taking care of someone who was.

I'd try to have other things to keep my mind/hands occupied.

Doing a Gedanken, if I were in charge of, say, Kevin,
I'd be seeking all the solace from the Internet I could.

OK, good reason to avoid them on a steam table.

Live and learn, as you might say. I should have
thought twice in the first place but being young and
innocent figured that the restaurant wouldn't be so
careless as to put its customers in danger.

Might it be something you would want to try to replicate at some

point?
Not likely - if it had been compellingly wonderful,
it would have happened long since.

Just one of those less than happy memories instead.

Not much of a memory at all, truth be told.

It did sort of make me doubtful of her
sanity for a while, though.

And she may doubt yours at times. (G)

Oh, quite. But she would be wrong [g]

Rich guys and gals are out go-getting instead of
typing away here.

They don't know the fun they're missing out on.(G)

There are many kinds of fun.

Very true--making a mess in the kitchen with someone else to clean up, running fabric thru a sewing machine, reading a good book...........

There haave been times when the world has interesting
things going on that take precedence over even here.

Maple Syrup Candies

Sweet!

Har!

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1 12 oz bag of chocolate chips
2 c Flour
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Hi Michael,

Unless one's pretty dense, it would be very
unlikely to get substantially sick from
mushrooms. There are a few must-knows, and

Don't know, I've read that some are quite deadly and look close

enough > to a safe one that a person has to really know them to spot
the

differences.

Pretty easy to finesse, as I've been doing for
five decades. If there are safe mushies that
look like poisonous, "when in doubt throw it out."
That leaves Clyde Christensen 4 (or more) species
that are guaranteed to please - and for me at least
a dozen.

I'm still not going to go out mushroom hunting, but will accept them
from people I know that know their mushrooms. We get some on an
irregular basis from one of the farmer's market vendors--she was the one
that IDed the Lion's Mane one for us last year.

one should not get too adventurous in an area
that one's not familiar with, but on the whole,
a knowledge of the really reliable ones and the
really poisonous ones, and you should be all set.

IF..................I had the time, inclination, etc to hunt them.

Don't > have the interest in it, would rather buy them from a reliable source.

That is fine, but there are many kinds that are
unmistakable in appearance, flavor, and edibility
from any other, and it's good to know those.
Especially if you'd have to pay $30 a pound or
more for them if you could find them at all in
your farmers' market.

We can get some at the farmer's market, have found others in various
grocery stores. We don't buy a lot at a time, usually much less than a
pound. So far the stump that we "seeded" last year hasn't produced any.

I was encourged to switch to losartan, which is
less problematic but has side effects.

They all have the potential of side effects, good or bad. Partly

depends > on the body chemistry of the one taking the
med..........your doctor was > probably trying to come up with the
least harmful to you but does the > job med.

Valsartan was touted as the best of the best, except,
as it turns out, for the small issue of industrial
contaminants causing cancer.

Picked up the mail from while we were gone, included a number of meds, including valsartan. So far, so good.

I've seen the pb filled ones, just not looked at the ingredients

list. > Don't need to, as I know I won't buy them when I see pb in big letters > on the packaging.

I figured you'd not be tempted by peanut
butter crackers.

No, but Steve might be. (G)

There are those of whom it seemed they spent all day pounding that keyboard; I don't think that's true of
present company, though.

Not me, never have been, never will be.

I could see that condition for myself if I were
largely physically incapacitated or had the task
of taking care of someone who was.

I'd try to have other things to keep my mind/hands occupied.

Doing a Gedanken, if I were in charge of, say, Kevin,
I'd be seeking all the solace from the Internet I could.

Very understandable, especially in the light of what I know about Kevin, including the most recent updates you wrote about.

OK, good reason to avoid them on a steam table.

Live and learn, as you might say. I should have
thought twice in the first place but being young and innocent figured that the restaurant wouldn't be so
careless as to put its customers in danger.

Might it be something you would want to try to replicate at

some > ML> point?

Not likely - if it had been compellingly wonderful,
it would have happened long since.

Just one of those less than happy memories instead.

Not much of a memory at all, truth be told.

Back of the mind, dredged up when something tickled the spot?

It did sort of make me doubtful of her
sanity for a while, though.

And she may doubt yours at times. (G)

Oh, quite. But she would be wrong [g]

No comment.

Rich guys and gals are out go-getting instead of
typing away here.

They don't know the fun they're missing out on.(G)

There are many kinds of fun.

Very true--making a mess in the kitchen with someone else to clean

up, > running fabric thru a sewing machine, reading a good
book...........

There haave been times when the world has interesting
things going on that take precedence over even here.

True, and other times this is a good escape from what's going on in the
world.

Maple Syrup Candies

Sweet!

Har!

Truth, in several ways.

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