Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 414: Poisonous Mushrooms and Stories
In fact, sometimes people really have a lot in common, such as Zhang Shuya and Wang Shuai.

When Wang Shuai came into contact with winter mushrooms before, he picked up a mushroom cap and put it in his mouth.

At this time, Zhang Shuya looked at the winter mushroom for a while, then actually plucked off a mushroom cap and stuffed it directly into her mouth!

Previously, when Wang Shuai ate raw winter mushrooms, Wang An and the other two were stunned.

Now Zhang Shuya was eating raw winter mushrooms again, and when Wang An and the other two saw this scene, they were more than just stunned.

To be precise, I was stunned by the suppression.

The main question is, what the hell is this habit?
Is this “most primitive way of eating” so attractive?

The key is that there are many mushrooms that are delicious and non-toxic when cooked, but if eaten raw, they are poisonous and can make people faint!
Fortunately, before Wang An and the other two could recover from the shock, Zhang Shuya spat out the winter mushrooms in her mouth.

Then he spat out the residue in his mouth and said:

"This mushroom is good. It will be delicious if it is cooked whole."

At this time, Wang An came to his senses and said to Zhan Shuya:

"Sister, did you know that many mushrooms are poisonous if eaten raw?"

Zhang Shuya nodded casually, and said with an expression that she understood everything:

"I know. Not only mushrooms, but beans are poisonous if eaten raw. I also know that."

Wang An blinked, not knowing what to say.

He knew it but still did it. What can you say?
At this time, Wang Shuai said beside him:

"It's okay. Your sister and I both lived in the south for a while, and we have a special liking for mushrooms. Don't worry, hahaha."

Wang An thought: I have lived in the south for half my life, and I have never behaved like this with you two.

However, Wang An just thought about it and didn't dare to say it out loud.

After Wang Shuai finished speaking, Zhang Shuya smiled and said:
"In fact, we can still tell roughly whether a mushroom is poisonous or not."

When Wang An heard this, he subconsciously asked:
“Can you tell this?”

Although Wang An spent half his life in the south in his previous life, he really didn't know much about mushrooms.

Wang An only knew that in the summer, any mushroom that was safe for insects to eat would definitely be safe for humans to eat.

As for winter mushrooms, although there are no insects to eat them, this is something that the locals all know, so Wang An picked them with confidence.

Hearing Wang An's question, Zhang Shuya began to explain.

It turns out that non-toxic mushrooms usually have flat and smooth caps, no contours, and no mushroom tray underneath.

Break off the mushroom stems, the mushroom juice is usually white or just water, and if you smell it, it has a fragrance.

Poisonous mushrooms are usually very brightly colored.

Like red, green, black, purple, etc., as long as it is purple, it is not only poisonous, but often highly toxic!

Moreover, the caps of poisonous mushrooms are generally uneven and have a rather strange shape. The mushroom stems are thin or thick, very brittle and easily broken.

If you break it, the soup is thick and red in color with a strange smell, such as sour, spicy or fishy.

If these still cannot effectively distinguish whether it is a poisonous mushroom.

The simplest but most practical method is to rub the mushroom cap with green onions before picking it.

If the onion changes color, then there is most likely something wrong with the mushroom. If it does not change color, it is most likely not poisonous.

Of course, it’s when you eat the mushrooms that counts.

When stewing mushrooms, add some garlic or rice. After stewing, if the garlic or rice changes color, then the mushrooms are definitely poisonous. If they don't change color, then there is nothing wrong.

When Zhang Shuya said this, everyone listened very carefully except Wang Shuai.

Wang An and his two companions were particularly attentive. It would not be an exaggeration to describe them as being completely focused.

That's because I don't have a pen and paper, otherwise I would have to write down everything Wang An said.

You know, for people who have lived in the mountains for many years, what Zhang Shuya said are quite useful.

Otherwise, although there are countless species of mushrooms in the mountains, people only dare to pick a few of them.

And these few have been passed down from generation to generation, and we know that they are non-toxic.

Otherwise, even if I starve to death, I wouldn’t dare to eat mushrooms I don’t recognize!
The poison of many mushrooms is quite nasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that you will die if you eat them.

In the Northeast, there is a story like this:
When they were little, a group of young soldiers broke into a farmer's house. Except for an old man in the family, the young beasts killed all the family members.

Then, these beasts forced the old man to cook.

The old man was very obedient and did it for them.

The meal was ordinary and the dish was a famous Northeastern dish - chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Of course, the chickens were raised by the old man and killed by him personally.

However, when cooking, the old man put a kind of mushroom called "curly edge mushroom" and another kind of mushroom called "yellow umbrella cap" by the locals into the dish.

These two types of mushrooms look very similar to pine mushrooms and winter mushrooms, or rather, they are somewhere in between the two. Anyway, they look similar and you can't tell that they are poisonous.

Then, the little beast asked the old man to eat with them, but in fact he wanted to know if there was any poison in the food.

The old man was very obedient and made three big bowls of rice, and also ate a lot of meat and mushrooms.

After the old man finishes eating, the beasts can eat.

The toxicity of these two types of mushrooms does not take effect quickly, but by the time people notice it, it is already too late to save them.

So in the end, both the old man and these beasts were gone!
Although this is just a story, the locals believe it is true!
Because this story came from the Anti-Japanese United Army!

To be honest, this story is sad, but also very satisfying.
As they were talking, they were packing up the meat, mainly chickens, flying dragons and rabbits.

As for Shabanjin, Wang An only plucked the hair of 10 of them and gave one to each dog, which was considered fair and just.

The remaining half a pound of shrimp was buried under the fire. It was both convenient and delicious to eat it this way.

And the cooked half-pound of internal organs can also be used to feed dogs.

After washing half a pot of winter mushrooms and melting three pots of snow water, Wang An still felt that the dirt on the winter mushrooms was not cleaned clean.

In fact, normally, when people in the mountains eat mushrooms, they first soak them in water for a long time and then wash them several times.

Only in this way can the soil in the gap under the mushroom cap be thoroughly washed away.

However, the conditions in the mountains are like this, and burning snow to melt water will really waste time, so we can only make do with it.

The chicken and rabbit were cleaned up, simply chopped into pieces and thrown into the pot. As for blanching, that was not done at all.

In fact, if delicious food is not blanched, the taste may be affected, but no matter what, it will not affect the eating at all.

Naturally, all the internal organs went into the dogs' stomachs. Even the edible organs such as the heart and liver were not kept by Wang An and he fed them all to the dogs.

The main reason is that there are too many dogs, and the little food coming and going is simply not enough to feed them.

(End of this chapter)