Amanita Drying
The most important aspect of cooking Amanita muscaria (Amanita muscaria) is its drying, as through this process toxic conversion occurs ibotenic acid in a less toxic and psychoactive compound muscimol. If you do not dry the fly agaric, then the signs intoxication of the body will be quite pronounced (which will expressed in dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other unpleasant symptoms), while the strength of the psychoactive effect will be insignificant.
It is best to dry fly agaric in the natural environment – in the sun or indoors, pre-stringing them on a string. Oven drying or the oven is not recommended.
It is also very important to make sure that the mushrooms are not no harmful effects: they are not blown away by any gases from cookers, toxic fumes, sources of strong odors, etc., for mushrooms are very sensitive and well absorb this kind of things.
If you make drying using heat treatment, it is very important not to give a very high temperature (maximum 60 degrees), because otherwise the mushroom may lose its magic properties.
Also, when harvesting shamanic fly agarics, it is worth considering following features: – it is necessary to collect only mushrooms of the species Amanita Muscaria, having previously familiarized themselves with their appearance, as well as a description of poisonous fly agaric. – it is advisable to dry only hats without legs, as legs contain the least amount active substances; the largest is contained in the red skin and layer under it – you need to collect small and adult fly agarics, skipping old and weakened – it is desirable to collect fly agaric, not damaged by worms and other pests, as it takes away mushroom strength. Wormy, eaten up, broken, old – you can safely use for medicinal purposes and let on fly agaric tincture. – it is recommended to keep the mushroom hat whole, and mushrooms from one keep families together – it’s believed that little ones unopened fly agarics are slightly different in effects from revealed the former give a more stimulating effect, the latter – psychoactive. Also pay attention to the amount of white spots on the mushroom hat – it is believed that a large number of them talks about the great psychoactive potential of the fly agaric. – drying should be produced until the mushroom becomes fragile (i.e. breaks with slight compression). When properly dried, the ratio the weight of the whole fly agaric to dried should be 11: 1 (other in words, 10g of properly cooked fly agarics correspond to 110g fresh)
After the mushrooms are completely dry, they are stored in a dry place at room temperature.
Method of using dried fly agaric hats red
The way of using Amanita muscaria over time is not has changed. It is eaten and, less commonly, smoked.
When using fly agaric, it is important to consider the following points: – 2-3 days before taking mushrooms, it is recommended to put yourself on a diet from light food.
– you need to take mushrooms on an empty stomach, in order to avoid nausea and exacerbate effects
– If you are dealing with this mushroom for the first time – use no more one medium-sized fly agaric hat! Firstly, it will help protect against unpleasant consequences if you have an individual intolerance to the fly agaric alkaloids. Secondly, you can understand the potential of the material that you use, which will give an idea of optimal dosage for you.
– for the first time, the fly agaric should be near the host the person (“sitter”) who will look after the process, since it is impossible to accurately predict the effect of the fungus on the psyche and body as a whole.
Amanita dosage: – 5-10g for a stimulating effect – 15-20g for strong psychoactive effect
