in other news...MUSHROOMS

[Drorain]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060418/ap_on_he_me/diet_mushroom_vitamin_d

hmmm vitamin DDDDDDDDDelicious

[TheBluePanda]

Ew. I hate mushrooms.

[Drorain]

but Panda...VITAMIN D

...I actually love all sorts of mushrooms in my food, I loved italian stuffed mushrooms too. Such an earthy flavor, oh and the mushroom soup Au Bon Pain has sometimes, LOVE IT

[morea]

Omg I Love Mushrooms!

[balou]

There's just too many gems to pass up in that article...bwaahaahaha:D

Mushrooms may soon emerge from the dark as an unlikely but significant source of vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin that helps keep bones strong and fights disease.

New research, while preliminary, suggests that brief exposure to ultraviolet light can zap even the blandest and whitest farmed mushrooms with a giant serving of the vitamin.

Exposing growing or just-picked mushrooms to UV light would be cheap and easy to do if it could mean turning the agricultural product into a unique plant source of vitamin D, scientists and growers said. That would be a boon especially for people who don't eat fish or milk, which is today the major fortified source of the important vitamin.

One grower predicted the pilot project, if supported by further research, could give consumers a radically different reason to buy mushrooms, now sought out for being low in fat and calories.

"They eat them for what they don't have, versus what they do have," said Joe Caldwell, vice president of Monterey Mushrooms. The Watsonville, Calif. company is the nation's largest producer of fresh mushrooms.

The ongoing work so far has found that a single serving of white button mushrooms — the most commonly sold mushroom — will contain 869 percent the daily value of vitamin D once exposed to just five minutes of UV light after being harvested . If confirmed, that would be more than what's in two tablespoons of cod liver oil, one of the richest — and most detested — natural sources of the vitamin, according to theNtlInstofHealth (http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=National+Institutes+of+Health).

Details were being presented this week at the FDA's annual science forum. The FDA proposed the research, which was funded by the Mushroom Council, as the agency looks for ways to increase the amounts of vitamin D consumed by Americans.

"This could be it," said Robert Beelman, a Penn State food scientist who's spent more than a decade working to give mushrooms their own "nutritional identity."

Sunshine is a significant source of vitamin D, since natural UV rays trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Mushrooms also synthesize vitamin D, albeit in a different form, through UV exposure. Growers typically raise the mushrooms indoors in the dark, switching on fluorescent lights only at harvest time. That means they now contain negligible amounts of vitamin D.

Research, including new findings also being presented at the conference, consistently has shown that many adult Americans do not spend enough time outside to receive enough UV exposure needed to produce ample vitamin D. The problem is especially acute in winter.

That worries health officials and not only because of rickets, the soft-bone disease linked to vitamin D deficiency that was a scourge in decades past. Vitamin D is increasingly thought to play a role in reducing the risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and tooth loss, as well as in reducing mortality associated with colon, breast, prostate and other cancers.

Beelman said his research has shown that exposing growing mushrooms to three hours of artificial UV light increases their vitamin D content significantly. That could be easier than exposing fresh-picked mushrooms to light, Beelman said. The only drawback is that the white button mushrooms — like people — tend to darken with increased UV exposure, he added.

[Drorain]

LOL, thats awesome!

So the question arises...how much sun does your mushrooms get

[morea]

A mushroom went into a bar and saw some algae at a table. He went up to one and said "You're lookin' good, gal."

She looked him over and said "You look like a fun guy."

And they took a liken to each other.

[Navian]

Dro, it says there is a Mushroom Council.

Maybe you could be the next president/chairman?

Mushrooms are good, the edible ones.

People who eat the poisonous ones, that make you very sick, or dead just deserve what they get. Know your mushrooms before you pick them, and of course eat them.

[morea]

Q. What did the zoospore say as it was leaving the zoosporangium?
A. "After you, I encyst!"

[Navian]

Full of sporous jokes today Mo? :)

[balou]

Can I be the treasurer? And measure the results of the Mushroom Councils actions? I'd also like to nominate that there be an island dedicated to mushrooms within swimming distance to boobie island.

[morea]

Q. Did you hear the joke about the fungus?
A. I could tell it to you, but it might need time to grow on you.

[morea]

this one is cute!

http://www.handsontheland.org/sitedata/cacr/lgformat/mushroom.jpg

[morea]

this one is scary!

http://www.yanowhatimean.com/pics/apr2004/dis_mushroom.jpg

[morea]

these ones are tasty!

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/cwhitemushrooms.jpg

[balou]

Lmao!!!

[morea]

this one would ruin my day.

http://www.scidev.net/scidev_images/mushroom.jpg

[morea]

good mushroom:

http://www.geocities.com/jt_68025/studio64/unread.gif

[morea]

evil mushroom:

http://galactanet.com/msmu.gif

[morea]

nobody else likes mushrooms?

[balou]

Guess we're alone. We can have all the mushrooms we want on Mushroom Island Morea.

[TheBluePanda]

good mushroom:

http://www.geocities.com/jt_68025/studio64/unread.gif

Definately my favorite of the Mushroom family.

[morea]

Guess we're alone. We can have all the mushrooms we want on Mushroom Island Morea.

I like this concept balou. :D

[danedawg99]

Can I have some, too? I even know which ones to pick, and which ones to leave alone. I used to pick mushrooms in the woods back home :)

[morea]

ooh, I don't know if that's what balou was talking about. I think we're in the works of developing our counter vacation spot to boobie island. :p

The ones in the grocery store are usually safe, if that's any help.

[balou]

LOL! I think Dane may have gone to take a quick shower. Or maybe not.

[danedawg99]

ohhh..... :eek:

[balou]

naughty, naughty girls ;D

[morea]

hee hee

[ecsyle]

i do
http://www.ecsyle.com/blog/photos/images/20060316221431_dscn0242.jpg
These ones were kinda good...

Yay foreign countries

[morea]

very nice. :)

[morea]

nsfw mushroom (http://www.toilette-humor.com/images/mushroom.jpg)

[balou]

Wow Ecsyle! I'm speechless. They're humungous. What country was that?

lol at joke Mo. :D

[morea]

yeah, ecsyle's is gi-normous!

[Satchel]

yeah, ecsyle's is gi-normous!

That's what she said... oh wait that is what she said!

Ecsyle... the ladies love your mushroom!

[morea]

funny how that works. :D

[ecsyle]

Oh snap!

I should show my mushroom off more often.

Wow Ecsyle! I'm speechless. They're humungous. What country was that?

lol at joke Mo. :D
I got them from a smartshop in the The Netherlands.

[balou]

I'm assuming if they're from the Netherlands, they're not for cooking?

[balou]

Those mushrooms just make me laugh...or...they USED to make me laugh. *writes "go to Netherlands" on to do list*

[balou]

The perfect match...

http://www.mushroomadventures.com/graphics/exp-16.jpg

[ecsyle]

Mushrooms are good regardless of their intent. Flavor in a dish, or flavor for a night. I dig 'em.

[Liquid Layers]

http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/images/archive/psilocybe_cubensis22.jpg

These are interesting.

[The_Black_Knight]

I think the guy who created this (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com) might have eaten a few mushrooms...

[Jeizzavelle]

I think the guy who created this (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) might have eaten a few mushrooms...
Freak.

[greyghost]

I think the guy who created this (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com) might have eaten a few mushrooms...

I think that guy SMOKED a few mushrooms.

[morea]

how about THIS (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/llama) one? :D

[Jeizzavelle]

AHHHHH. A freak parade!!

[morea]

catchy tune though, don't you think? :D

[morea]

catchy tune though, don't you think? :D

You know, now that I think about it, THIS ONE (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat.php) is even better! (Make sure your sound is on.

[balou]

catchy tune though, don't you think? :D

You know, now that I think about it, THIS ONE (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat.php) is even better! (Make sure your sound is on.

I have that one bookmarked! Once a week or so have to watch it. And I'll often find myself singing "I say sexy things to myself when I'm daaaannnncing!" :D

[morea]

I wasn't sure what all of the lyrics were, but a google search turned these up:

Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance (x6)

PURR-VOCOTIVE POSING!
PURR-VOCOTIVE POSING!

Cat, Im a kitty tat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance (x2)

I say sexy things to myself while i'm... Daaancing!
I say sexy things to myself while I'm... Daaancing!

PURR-VOCOTIVE POSING!
PURR-VOCOTIVE POSING!

Cat, im a pitty pat, and I boop boop boop beedee beep bop bop
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance

[balou]

LOL! I always thought the words for PURR-VOCOTIVE POSING! Was "BEDROOM ROCKETS AND BALLS OF STRING!" Which would've worked well also!

[TheBluePanda]

I love that song, and sing it frequently while playing with my cats. :)

[chalsema]

This (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/bananaphone.html) one is the best! Maybe nsfw? Depends where you work i guess....

[Drorain]

badger...badger...badger....

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

badger...badger...badger....

Snake....it's a snakeeeeeee...

(rinse wash repeat)

[balou]

I love that song, and sing it frequently while playing with my cats. :)

Did you get the Purr-Vocotive Posing from the song Panda?

[reuber1]

What the hell is wrong with all of you?

[balou]

What the hell is wrong with all of you?

:confused: what?

[The_Black_Knight]

What the hell is wrong with all of you?Nothing that can't be cured with liberal doses of alcohol. Why do you ask?

[reuber1]

I swear I just walked into the twilight zone, or did some shrooms myself. Maybe that's why this thread is aptly named?

[balou]

Kind of took a psychadelic twist there didn't it? The Mushroom roller coaster ride. Weeeee!

[The_Black_Knight]

I swear I just walked into the twilight zone, or did some shrooms myself. Maybe that's why this thread is aptly named?Well, that would explain the giraffe, then.

[balou]

Well, that would explain the giraffe, then.


I wondered who dropped that off in here.

[reuber1]

You mean the one that came out of that rainbow colored gate over there?

[morea]

Nothing that can't be cured with liberal doses of alcohol.

Amen. :D

[The_Black_Knight]

No, no, no. The giraffe came through the window. The mimes came through the gate.

I hope someone comes to get the giraffe soon. It's eating all of the chips.

[The_Black_Knight]

Amen. :DI'm glad someone around here agrees with me!

[Drorain]

well i hopped outta the pool when they started talking about mushroom island...

[balou]

That giraffe is stomping on the mushrooms. And I killed the mimes. They are all actually dead, not just playing dead.

[balou]

well i hopped outta the pool when they started talking about mushroom island...

But we were countin' on you Dro! We were gonna have a roundup and start a mushroom stampede and everything. You boys disappointed us. :(

[The_Black_Knight]

That giraffe is stomping on the mushrooms. And I killed the mimes. They are all actually dead, not just playing dead.When you shot the mimes, did you use a silencer?

[balou]

When you shot the mimes, did you use a silencer?

lmao! I sucked all the air out of their glass boxes. *insert evil laugh here*

[The_Black_Knight]

lmao! I sucked all the air out of their glass boxes. *insert evil laugh here*:D

[morea]

How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the giraffe, and one to put the clocks in the bathtub.

[balou]

How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the giraffe, and one to put the clocks in the bathtub.

lol!

[morea]

I always like that one. :D

[balou]

Do we need more beer & drugs again Morea? They all ran away again.

[morea]

Hmm, let's see what I can find... how about this?

http://www.badkittygear.com/auctions/catnip.JPG

[balou]

What great packaging!!

[The_Black_Knight]

How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the giraffe, and one to put the clocks in the bathtub.I've heard this version of that joke a few times:

Q. How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
A. A fish.

[danedawg99]

That giraffe is stomping on the mushrooms.
STOMPING?!?! on MUSHROOMS?!! that's just not right... :eek: :(

[reuber1]

That's Mario's job.