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Shaw

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anyone flatten there shrooms when drying?
#858081 - 09/01/02 10:09 PM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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After dessicating, mushrooms seem a little brittle and crumbly for my liking. Lately during the pre drying, when most of the water's gone but there still a bit flexable, i've been flattening them. this way, after dessicating, there a bit stiffer and more compact. When i was a kid, we used to collect wildflowers and press thm between napkins, with 1'x1' plywood peices locked with wing nuts. I may do this with some semi-dry mushrooms, then dessicate
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#858120 - 09/01/02 10:57 PM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey there, I've never tried that, but it seems like a really good idea I'm definatley going to give that a try with my next harvest, as I agree, they are pretty brittle / fragile as they are normally dried. I bet it looks cool too!
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#858582 - 09/02/02 08:46 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sounds like a start of a new trend, Flat Shroomies. Let us know how they turn out. My cat's harvest isn't till a couple of weeks, but I think I'll try to if everything works out for you. Let us know.
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Shaw

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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#860002 - 09/02/02 08:30 PM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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It?s been a while since my mom tought me to press flowers back when i was on the farm. From the best of my recolection, it was 1/2" plywood, with several layers of cardboard, napkin, flowers, napkins, cardboard, ect... i only drew one layer, but there were many. When we got lazy we just pressed them in a heavy book with the napkins. I used to find flowers sometimes in books i forgot about... so this isn?t ideal. anyhoo, the mushrooms have to be semi-dry, say, the water makeup of flowers or about. i?ll do this if i remember and post results.
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#860032 - 09/02/02 08:39 PM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've always flattened them. Never dried them unflattened once...
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#860564 - 09/03/02 01:44 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Macey Howard]
#860634 - 09/03/02 02:57 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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Why dont you just throw them under your matress???
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#861273 - 09/03/02 08:46 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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easier to conciel that way also...bring a book on a trip with a 3 gram book mark inside
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Shaw

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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Macey Howard]
#861458 - 09/03/02 10:49 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think next i will be using 3' pvc pipe to press them into hockey pucks. Just fill er up, screw a cap on one end, put a 3" dowell section in, screw the other cap on and you have an adjustable screw press, hocky puck makin machine. Maybe add some guar-gum (that shit they put in popsicles, and other stuff) to make sure they stay firmly together. could even put some dessicant in the pvc somehow.
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Mr_Puke
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Re: anyone flatten there shrooms when drying? [Re: Shaw]
#861464 - 09/03/02 10:52 AM (21 years, 4 months ago) |
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Truely insane. You must have much time on your hands
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