Shiitake and oyster mushrooms.

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Pretty pricey.  I won't be doing those often.  Rich in potassium, but so might some asteroids be of gold.  Not worth mining.  Still, I wanted to know what these were about.

Shiitake mushrooms have an interesting flavor raw.  I suspect the price is due to them not being conducive to farming... caving... whatever you might call captive growing for mushrooms.  It took them many decades to figure out the secret to 'farming' the mushrooms that are commonly, and generally less expensive.  I can't remember the first, button caps?  Whichever, from there it branched to several types.  And yet there are many that simply cannot be farmed.  So, yeah, I get the price.  Though perhaps it is simply difficult to do?  Anyway.  It does have a slightly unique flavor raw.  And, cleaned and cooked carefully, it is a wonderful food.  Worth the extra?  Even with the potassium?  Given my wallet and needs, no.  Even as a treat it is a bit much.  I sort of draw the line on treats, to include ribeye, at $10 a pound.  Over that and I consider it outside of my once every two week treat limit.  Once a year?  Yeah, maybe.  But that is more of a tease, so I often just skip that.

The oyster mushrooms were interesting to work with.  I failed to taste one before cooking.  Hey, either I am curious, and taste, or I miss an opportunity.  Usually, to be honest, I miss out.  There is only so much risk, in any case, at any given time, I am willing to spill.  I tried the shiitake and that was that... if that wasn't a conscious part of my calculations.  As for my conscious brain, it simply didn't happen because it wasn't considered at the appropriate time.  They were tasty, but at the same price as the shiitake, I simply cannot afford them.  If I happen to see a good price, the the mushrooms look fresh and feel firm and right?  I'll... buy some, once in a great while, at $10... or more if less... a pound.  I should warn, a pound of mushrooms does not even come close to a pound of cooked mushrooms.  Shiitake lose the least water, if my eyes are correct, than any mushroom I have worked.  The oysters aren't too bad, either.  Still, if they don't lose 30% of mass, or more, I'd be very surprised.  Still, I quite enjoy white and some of the other mushrooms.  Even they are a bit of a treat, between how much they shrink and how much they cost.  I'll bet, in real terms, they are closer to $10 a pound for cooked... almost any mushroom.  It goes up from there.  Only up.

I want to try popcorn... to see what that does to blood sugar.  It is a corn.  It is also burst.  Do the carbs, or many of them, leave with the liquid upon popping?  I want to test specific foods.  From what I am seeing, the glycemic index and carb count do not always mean anything when it comes to my blood sugar.  Sometimes something that says it has zero carbs busts my sugar mackerels, sometimes the opposite.  I simply can't be sure until I test.  I love popcorn.  And, it could potentially be a decent, mostly fatty treat, if the sugar pop is low and I use butter.  Or it is a bust and I'll need to stay away.

Look, I am having to write my own recipe book.  I am having to try food, fasting, drink, sweeteners, fat additions, all of it.  No one can, I honestly don't think, write a book for you.  You have to write your own.  This is the problem with many people.  They want the world given to them.  But that isn't how it works.  When God gave them the many tongues, too I think He gave them even more to separate them.  Gotta keep em' separated.  And, so, He did.  Right down to each of us actually being the smallest minority.  Genetically, medically, mechanically, intellectually, spiritually... Taken in whole, none of us, is all that alike... save twins.  I honestly think God has both a sense of humor and likes to show and tell.  If the children of God grow up, what do they become?  God?  If so, as twins?  More questions than answers.  Thought the hope is that the questions might be interesting.  Later.