From: rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk   
      
   On 14/12/13 00:41, riburr wrote:   
   > RustyHinge wrote:   
   >> riburr wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The variety I used for flavor enhancing was Amanita muscaria var.   
   >>> guessowiian (or something very similar), an orange variety that grows   
   >>> with pine in the eastern US.   
   >>   
   >> So it's tread carefully with big red ones with white spots?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think it's I who should tread more carefully with the less tested   
   > varieties on this side.  I don't think I'd have any hesitation trying   
   > your "classic old world" red variety as a powdered flavor enhancer.   
   > Someone over there on your island told me A. muscaria was a "secret   
   > ingredient" used by some professional chefs.   
      
   I doubt if we'll have any more A. species this year, but I'll try them   
   out next year.   
      
   > Hell, you're the one that   
   > got me to eat blushers, and I'm not sure ours are the same species as   
   > yours.   
      
   But weren't they divine? We have two varieties that I know of, one is   
   the usual http://www.girolle.co.uk/recipes/files/blusher.jpg and the   
   other is similar, but slighter, a bit smaller, and has a yellow ring and   
   'warts' (remainderof the veil).   
      
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