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Slimz
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Cut and dry
#7563547 - 10/26/07 02:22 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Woud cutting a fresh mushroom into small peices and then drying it be ok.. Im just thinking they would dry faster
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lemonjello
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: Slimz]
#7563553 - 10/26/07 02:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've read that this is safe to do and it definitely speeds up the drying process by creating more surface area.
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armyabe
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ehh it is best to keep the mushrooms whole if you cut then they bruise if they bruise they lose some potency not much but there is that to think about. try doing some one way and some the other you be the judge me personally i like whole mushies.
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: armyabe]
#7563583 - 10/26/07 02:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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spend 40 bux on a dehydrator if this is going to be a consistent hobby for you, if not, then go to home depot and get a 5 dollar carton of damp rid and UTFSE.
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monstermitch
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: armyabe]
#7563620 - 10/26/07 02:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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if you cut or bruise a mushroom it will NOT lose potency. I'd love to see someone prove that point... it'll never happen.
so yes, it's more than okay to cut open the big ones so that they dry at the same rate as the others. splitting it in half usually will work just fine, no need to cut it up into tiny pieces or anything.
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Slimz
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great, Thanks..
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: Slimz]
#7563674 - 10/26/07 03:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Have always seperated caps from stems and dried one tray of stems to 3 trays of caps.
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jeetered
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Quote:
monstermitch said: if you cut or bruise a mushroom it will NOT lose potency. I'd love to see someone prove that point... it'll never happen.
so yes, it's more than okay to cut open the big ones so that they dry at the same rate as the others. splitting it in half usually will work just fine, no need to cut it up into tiny pieces or anything.
it's a proven chemical reaction.
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monstermitch
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: jeetered]
#7563697 - 10/26/07 03:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh, so it's proven that bruising causes the loss of potency??
really??
well then prove it.
your answer is not sufficient to convince anyone.
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armyabe
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can you prove that it doesn't? in any case it just comes down to preferance. i don't cut he does thats fine.
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Re: Cut and dry [Re: armyabe]
#7563733 - 10/26/07 03:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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the cutting method works fine. dry enough to store in three days. put them on a kleenex.
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Psilocin Dreams
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I have been splitting the stalks open with a razor blade just to facilitate the drying process, I leave the caps alone because my assumption is that the gills allow more than enough air in there to dry it out. The stalk is not split completely in half, I just open up one side with a razor blade. When it dries, the edges curl over and it looks kind of neat.
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veda_sticks
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My first harvest of shrooms (EQ), i just into tiny peices and mixed with food, it bruised crazy, pretty much every peice was complelty blue. Knocked the socks off of me after eating only have (whole dose i prepared was 18 grams wet) after the trip calmed down i bit i ate the rest and was sent flying again.
I've noticed no potency lost from extremly bruised shrooms so far, even my cakes bruised like crazy, and i ended up having a level 3 trip on 18 grams.
It may loose a bit of potency but its probably so small to be barely noticable.
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