[pct-l] Rocks vs mushrooms

[Scott Williams]

You've heard of "stone soup", well this will be stone mushroom soup.

Shroomer

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Glen Winters <glenbwint at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This sounds like fun I would love to learn more about which rocks are
> edible and
> how to cook them(or eat raw.)  Between the two of you that would make a
> great
> seminar at the kickoff on shrooming and rocking.
>
> Argentina
>
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> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:21:44 -0500
> From: bighummel at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Names
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> Shroomer,
>
>
> Damn,  I've passed up on so many mushrooms over the years, keeping to that
> old
> saying, "never eat any mushroom unless you know how to tell the poison
>  ones
> from the good ones.  If you'll teach me shrooms, I'll teach you  rocks!
>
>
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:16:00 -0800
> From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Names
>
> I'm on my way to Campo last spring in a van with a few other people all
> starting that morning and I told some mushroom stories about the banner
> year
> of chanterelle hunting in No Cal.  Three of us picked over 600 lbs of them
> in a two month period while training for my thru hike.  Hearing that, the
> driver said, "dude, you're Shroomer."
>
> I've been mushrooming for over 40 years now, and my wine making buddies all
> call me "the mushroom man" because I've taught most of them to forage
> mushrooms, and always bring them to the crush to give away.  Anyway, the
> name fit for an old hippie on several levels and I went with it.  Those who
> hiked with me in WA got to benefit directly with some outrageous side
> dishes
> on trail, and Motor became an avid mushroomer herself by the end.
>
> Great question, as I loved the names and stories of everybody last year on
> trail.
>
> Shroomer
>
>
>
>
>
> Greg Hummel
>
>
> Do you know why I'm always whistling? It's simply because, as you know,
> whistle
> blowers are protected by law!
>
>
>
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