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octavarium
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Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions...
#5361262 - 03/03/06 11:39 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hi all. Been curious about shrooms for awhile, decided to try 'em out. I've read a lot of the stuff on the site and the forums. It's all quite interesting but I have a few questions that I couldn't find the answers to anywhere else...
First, I got 1/4 of shrooms for $80 (yeah, I probably got ripped off. That's okay.) for me and my friend (I'm in NY, if that helps). They seem to be what was under that FAQ thread as the "most common type of shrooms." We had planned to put them on pizza but that got me wondering how exactly it's done. Everyone talks about eating them but I'm not sure what that consists of. Do I have to chop them up? Grind them in a coffee grinder (as I read in several places)? Can I eat them whole? I know I may come off as really thick headed, but I wanna make sure I'm doing this correctly.
Oh, and is pizza the best way to do it? I don't really want to bother making a tea or whatever. A friend advised me to put them in a Big Mac, but he's fairly dumb so I'm not sure how to take that advice. I know what's best is subjective, but I'd still like to hear opinions.
Help is appreciated. Thanks.
Edited by octavarium (03/03/06 11:42 AM)
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Re: Gonna shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361276 - 03/03/06 11:43 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'd grind them into a powder and drink them with some orange juice, or lemon juice. You can eat them whole or with whatever food you like, I'd stay away from dairy tho.
I live in NY too, what part are you in?
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octavarium
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Re: Gonna shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: Animals]
#5361284 - 03/03/06 11:45 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Powder sounds good. Does it matter how much juice there is? I'm assuming no...
I float between Rockland, Westchester and Otsego counties.
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Re: Gonna shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: Animals]
#5361290 - 03/03/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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1/4 for $80 isn't totally unreasonable, a little on the high side. Usually 1/8's go for $35, however; depending on your area and how hard they are to come by.
Just eat right out of the bag. The taste isn't that bad.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361291 - 03/03/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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You can just eat them whole. No need to make a tea, or put them onto food.
The main reason why people put them onto food, is to mask the taste of them and make them easier to eat. Alot of people find mushrooms to taste really bad. So, putting them onto pizza/whatever makes it easier to eat, as the pizza (or whatever food its mixed into) helps mask the taste.
You dont need to powder them up - however, if you do. It will make it easier for your stomach to break down the mushroom fibers and digest them a bit easier.
Personnaly, I say - just eat them straight up. Every time I've tried mixing them with food, its just made it harder to eat.
Just eat the mushroom whole, chew it up really well in your mouth (I tend to chew for a min or two), then wash back with some juice to make it easier to swallow.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361293 - 03/03/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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why don't you just eat them by themselves and chew them real good?
if you eat an eighth or less it's not really that bad.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: Kaleidoscope]
#5361298 - 03/03/06 11:50 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well, I read that a lot of people puke when they eat them, and that the puking was partially a mental thing because of the terrible taste. I figured masking the taste would make it easier to ingest, plus reduce the chances I'd puke.
Or am I wrong?
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361305 - 03/03/06 11:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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They really don't taste THAT bad unless you have a sensitive toungue.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: Kaleidoscope]
#5361310 - 03/03/06 11:55 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I found that the first few times I did mushrooms - I actually enjoyed the taste.
It wanst untill my like, 10th trip that the taste started to bother me, and even then - its not so much the taste. Its more - my body knows whats comming and is trying to stop me from eating them.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: kaniz]
#5361313 - 03/03/06 11:57 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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They would be just as effective in juice as they would taken straight up, right?
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361356 - 03/03/06 12:13 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah...but I'd say try just munching them and maybe chasing with juice...as long as you kill the aftertaste...they really aren't bad at all.
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: octavarium]
#5361419 - 03/03/06 12:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think most people would agree that they don't want to eat big, greasy amounts of food before a shroom trip. Many people fast. Some people can't seem to stand the taste no matter what, so yes, I would recommend powdering them and mixing them into a sweet-tasting beverage if you are one of those people. I would recommend against mixing it into acidic drinks like orange juice.
And I'm just theorizing, but I think that the nausea that some people experience might have more to do with the introduction of a foreign substance into their bodies than a foul taste. In the same way that vegetarians get sick if they eat meat, your body might lack the enzymes necessary to metabolize the shrooms.
You'll also hear from some people that drinking orange juice/taking vitamin C intensifies your trip. This is an old wive's tale.
Edited by Land_Crab (03/03/06 12:40 PM)
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Re: Gonna try shrooms for the first time...n00b questions... [Re: Land_Crab]
#5361447 - 03/03/06 12:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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lemon juice however will approximately double the potency if you soak them in it...you could really stretch that quarter...I wouldn't try that you first time though...
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