We were at a fresh market today and I saw some mushrooms being sold that I had never seen before. They were sold in plastic bags emersed in a liquid that I took to be water.

They sort of looked like shitake but there was a lot of white as well as the brown.

Wifey says they are "het met" and that they are used in curries, a little bit bitter.

Then she asks if I want to get some to try, "but you have to cook them properly or else you will get drunk".

Sounds like they could be a psychotropic fungus, and if so, does anyone know and are there health concerns?

I have seen Het Mao or drunk mushroom. Never heard of Het Met. Possibly the same thing.

Dont ride that motor bike after you have eaten them ...hey?

Surely a het met is what you should have on your head when you ride your motorbike.

As in, 'where's your het met. I have to fine you 100 baht."

Yes?

Dont ride that motor bike after you have eaten them ...hey?

I made pizza tonight. The home-made dough is great!So is the tomato base I made.

Perhaps a mushroom pizza next time?

Edited October 14, 201411 yr by Seastallion

Dont ride that motor bike after you have eaten them ...hey?

I made pizza tonight. The home-made dough is great!So is the tomato base I made.

Perhaps a mushroom pizza next time?

As long as you dont make Mushroom Cakes !!!

Better get started on the oven hey?

I wonder if I should "acquire" a few bricks from the construction site next door? Mind you, I won't be able to carry many on the bike.

I will get a large tile....it should serve as a pizza stone.