tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post6476921348112856054..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-37483812439485612142011-07-06T12:40:23.000-07:002011-07-06T12:40:23.000-07:00for some reason i always think we're running o...for some reason i always think we're running out of nutritional yeast. megan discovered the other day we have four separate bags of it. veganomicon has a "cheezy sauce" recipe using nutritional yeast that gets it a little closer to some kind of cheese-like flavor (it's probably the mustard). <br /><br />we have an overgrown area to the side of and behind our garage, where various types of (i'm guessing inedible) mushrooms like to grow. i'm guessing growing mushrooms is more difficult than just throwing spawn into a wooded area? how much attention do they need?jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-22760170651964112242011-07-06T13:07:57.000-07:002011-07-06T13:07:57.000-07:00for some reason i always think we're running o...<i>for some reason i always think we're running out of nutritional yeast. megan discovered the other day we have four separate bags of it.</i><br /><br />i'm that way with light brown sugar, which probably explains our respective BMIs. <br /><br />i thought growing mushrooms was going to be difficult - after the first few days, they hadn't done anything - but then they FREAKED OUT (amanda and i checked them out at the beginning and end of a night at our house, and they'd grown visibly in those hours). those six pictures were taken 12 hours apart (oyster mushrooms need a few spritzes of water every 12 hours or so; otherwise you just put them on a shelf in the kitchen out of direct light and let 'em go).<br /><br />i think that the learning curve is pretty steep with non-kit mushrooms (which are what you want to graduate into if you're thinking cost-effectiveness over personal amusement; this kit i found would have cost about $20, and it yields about a pound of mushrooms tops), but once you get going they seem like a good, low-effort deal; if you compost, you can combine projects for voltron-like eco-efficiency. all of the stuff at <a href="http://www.fungi.com/" rel="nofollow">fungi perfecti</a> looks pretty cool to me, and i say that without irony. kidchampnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-25475938146183886742011-07-06T13:58:50.000-07:002011-07-06T13:58:50.000-07:00I don't find those mushrooms scary unless they...I don't find those mushrooms scary unless they were growing out of old garlic bread.Amid Privilegenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-10581352942137999802011-07-06T14:25:38.000-07:002011-07-06T14:25:38.000-07:00I gave fungi perfecti kits as gifts to both my dad...I gave fungi perfecti kits as gifts to both my dad and brother one year. They didn't go over so well, but yours looks perfect.<br /><br />Re: nutritional yeast- many people have rec-ed it to me on popcorn- haven't tried that combo myself.megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-29254631061174822592011-07-06T14:44:33.000-07:002011-07-06T14:44:33.000-07:00the kit i actually have isn't fungi perfecti -...the kit <a href="http://www.backtotheroots.com/" rel="nofollow">i actually have</a> isn't fungi perfecti - this is stage I, low-dexterity mushroom growing (these are sold at whole foods, i believe). which is in no way a bad thing, for me; i need some confidence-boosting, grow-it-with-your-kids type mushroom action before graduating to anything difficult.<br /><br />i've seen the popcorn rec, too. how would one get it to stick? (vaguely related: i've been using the mushroom kit's little spray bottle to mist water on my popcorn in order to get ghost pepper salt to stick. spooky texture, but o so spicy.) kidchampnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-10903868824168561832011-07-06T16:47:33.000-07:002011-07-06T16:47:33.000-07:00i thought nutritional yeast went out of style in t...i thought nutritional yeast went out of style in the 70's. is it really actually good for you??<br /><br />off to do some reading. (it is very good on popcorn.)anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-36038250589984240412011-07-06T16:48:00.000-07:002011-07-06T16:48:00.000-07:00whoops. meant to sign that last one. it's esb....whoops. meant to sign that last one. it's esb.anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-56222542650359077142011-07-06T16:52:16.000-07:002011-07-06T16:52:16.000-07:00ahhhhhhhhh. it was brewer's yeast my parents u...ahhhhhhhhh. it was brewer's yeast my parents used to put on popcorn.<br /><br />carry on.anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-26832307497140008872011-07-06T17:32:00.000-07:002011-07-06T17:32:00.000-07:00flavorwise i'm guessing it's pretty simila...flavorwise i'm guessing it's pretty similar? that is one left-wing taste test.kidchampnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-42066347405413370392011-07-07T05:49:35.000-07:002011-07-07T05:49:35.000-07:00Ok, I am now in front of a proper computer and can...Ok, I am now in front of a proper computer and can comment on this post, which I have been daydreaming about since I read it while sitting at the hairdresser's yesterday with dye in my hair. For some reason in the last year, I have become more "earthy" in a way. I got obsessed with our compost bin, throwing everything in there I could come across that was compostable. When we were gardening, I would dig up worms and throw them in there. I got a rain barrel. I shop exclusively at the Farmer's Market and organic grocery stores. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?<br /><br />But I am truly fascinated by this mushroom growing process. (Granted, I am quite fascinated by gross things and was REALLY overly excited to look at those pictures). I mean, I had no idea you could even GROW mushrooms in your own home. Now if only I liked mushrooms...naurnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-62684938457679276562011-07-07T07:27:05.000-07:002011-07-07T07:27:05.000-07:00i would be all over that if i had space. maybe you...i would be all over that if i had space. maybe you could sell the mushrooms, or give them away? <br /><br />vaguely related, in the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/11/110711fa_fact_kahn" rel="nofollow">jaron lanier profile</a> in this week's <i>new yorker</i>, the following passage:<br /><br /><i>At seventeen, [Lanier] transferred to Bard College, in New York. To cover the down payment on his tuition, he sold fresh milk and cheese from a herd of goats that he bred. But the transition from goat herding to freshman civilization proved harsh, and he soon hitchhiked back to New Mexico. </i><br /><br />reaction 1: herd of goats that he bred? hard CORE.<br />reaction 2: in all seriousness, i'd think goat herding would be maybe the perfect prep for freshman civilization.kidchampnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-80752068512427975652011-07-07T07:33:39.000-07:002011-07-07T07:33:39.000-07:00Freaky mushrooms.Freaky mushrooms.Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-61487607597719519592011-07-07T08:38:53.000-07:002011-07-07T08:38:53.000-07:00"Cross the line if you have ever herded goats..."Cross the line if you have ever herded goats."jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-76335675111758596932011-07-07T08:45:04.000-07:002011-07-07T08:45:04.000-07:00my boyfriend's roommate came out of the closet...my boyfriend's roommate came out of the closet when we played crossing the line freshman year. oh, res ed. kidchampnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-11321353988969353202011-07-07T11:39:25.000-07:002011-07-07T11:39:25.000-07:00OH MY. Also, I think the husband is going to veto ...OH MY. Also, I think the husband is going to veto my "mushroom growing" experiment, just like he put his foot down on the urban chickens. Joe says "No worms in the house". William says "No chickens in the backyard. Did you forget you were afraid of birds?"naurnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-46698296526116096572011-07-13T09:54:33.000-07:002011-07-13T09:54:33.000-07:001. You had me at nutritional yeast.
2. What about ...1. You had me at nutritional yeast.<br />2. What about Marmite. <br />3. My grandparents gave us kids a shitake mushroom-growing kit for Christmas one year and we four girls snickered about the word "SHIT-ake" for like, months. My mom made us start the mushrooms to be nice to grandma and then we all forgot about them. Grandma found a whole ecosystem of fungi (and opportunist fauna) in our basement when they came to visit us for Easter and busted us for being laissez-faire mushroom growers and unappreciative gift-receivers. Lesson: be discerning in your mushroom kit giving, people. bigBANGstudionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-81295832627609609752011-07-13T10:28:29.000-07:002011-07-13T10:28:29.000-07:002. marmite on a cracker is pretty hot, lily, i won...2. marmite on a cracker is pretty hot, lily, i won't lie to you. throw a little branston pickle over the top and i'm pretty much set for a week. <br />3. my sisters and i were cruising down the preserved beef aisle of our local grocery store years ago and decided that our code names would be TERI, YAKI, and JERKY. baby jo just straight-up laid claim to JERKY before i could tell her she was stuck with it. unexpected!<br /><br />regards,<br />YAKIkidchampnoreply@blogger.com