Sanpaku t1_j53j4b0 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:27 AM

Reply to comment by ascandalia in Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop” | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone by Hrmbee

I agree here. I haven't bought any porcini powder, though I do regularly use a Taiwanese product Po Lo Ku (powdered shiitake & salt) as an umani ingredient.

I'm just miffed my local Chinese grocer has raised the price on fresh oyster mushrooms from $4/lb to $8/lb over the past 3 years. They remain my favorite for flavor. At least they still offer king oyster/trumpet (which has similar ergo levels), and which is a really interesting starting point for faux meats, at $5.

If I didn't have other plans for my life, I'd really look into growing oyster mushrooms commercially, which evidently do very well on pasteurized straw and spent coffee grounds. There was an outfit in Exeter UK which collected 30 tonnes of grounds from local cafes to upcycle to 7 tonnes of oyster mushrooms, though I think the people involved mostly do training/consultancy as GroCycle now.

ascandalia t1_j53jo2y wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:32 AM

That's a great price for king! We were pretty small but our production costs never got below $4/ lbs. With sales, marketing, packaging, $8 is the lowest we could go, interesting that's the going rate now even at grocery stores near you

Even button mushrooms don't go for much less than that near me