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Truffle harvest w/pics. Advice requested for preservation
#19183967 - 11/24/13 06:34 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hi shroomery,
The following is my first truffle harvest of approx. 20 qrt jars of ATL.

I didn't determine total yield as I didn't have a set of scales that could conveniently weigh this volume.
I allowed them to air-dry under a fan for a day, then took a sample dose of 18g. Quite a strong trip Within 15 mins the come-on was very obvious and I was forced to be seated and only be engaged in very light conversation at best. Considering the intensity of the physical and psychological effects, I would have expected the visual experience to have been a little stronger. That being said, it was still quite strong.
After air-drying them I split them up into several air-tight containers. This morning I noticed that the contents of one of these containers has started to grow trich-mold. I plan to perform an ethanol extraction on these truffles (there is too much for me to bare throwing away, and the trich mold has come along too far to have any hope of removal). Has anyone performed an alcohol extraction on truffles before? I'm hoping to extract into pure ethanol (190 proof), but may be forced to just use vodka. Can anyone comment from personal experience on the difference in performance between these two?
As for the remaining material, I'm planning to ensure that they are properly air-dried and then store them in a sealed container in the fridge or freezer. Ideally I would like a long-term storage method, considering the volume that I have. Because of this, I may end up extracting the entire harvest into alcohol.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, however I'd prefer first-hand accounts from those who have been in a similar position.
Thanks!
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Re: Truffle harvest w/pics. Advice requested for preservation [Re: soma_seeker]
#19188083 - 11/25/13 05:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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No thoughts?...
Anyway I ended up air-drying a large amount of the stones, after which the weight was 300g. I expect that the wet mass was probably around double that.
I blended the stones until they resembled a fine, moist soil. I split the volume in half and added each 150g portion to a 700mL bottle of vodka (with around 75mL removed to make room for the volume of stone matter).
I plan to leave the material in the vodka for several weeks, shaking daily. After which I will strain the solid material from the vodka. I expect that each bottle should hopefully then contain about 15 doses. I'll sample the extract and if it is disappointingly weak I'll perform a further extraction of the material (possibly with 190 proof ethanol).
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Re: Truffle harvest w/pics. Advice requested for preservation [Re: soma_seeker]
#19188815 - 11/25/13 08:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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soma_seeker
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Re: Truffle harvest w/pics. Advice requested for preservation [Re: Psilicon]
#19189302 - 11/25/13 10:02 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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haha nice
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