do you think wc cats would eat mushrooms? im pretty sure the answer is no bc identification + possible toxicity. but i think it would be funky for the cats to learn over time that "bright colors = 99% chance you will die" and "hey if we cook this it doesnt make us sick!"
i think shadowclan could do some cool shit with chicken of the woods. + possible oyster mushrooms (bc beech trees i think), pennybuns and puffballs for TC. jellyears could be interestimg too since theyre a bit more gelatinous
I had kinda ruled them out earlier, because in any case, they wouldn't have nutritional value to the Clan cats. I wouldn't want to just make human cuisine, y'know? It should be cat food.
But I just did a little more digging since this prompted me. Huh. Apparently cats DO have a taste for certain mushrooms, because of the presence of glutamate. That's an amino acid found in meat, and it would give mushrooms a flavor cats can actually perceive.
Even saw a couple stories of cats coming into kitchens after smelling cut mushrooms.
A little more reading seems to say that most grocery-store mushrooms are fine for cats, and there's even some micronutrients that can be good for a cat's coat.
So I can definitely use some. I may even jot them down as a replacement for spices, since sooo many of the human spices in our kitchens are straightup toxic to cats (oregano, mint, onions). There's even some suggestions here in the guide I'm looking at to use them as soup stocks-- helpful since ShadowClan is going to be making stews.
SO I'm gonna say YES to this suggestion- I'll look at more mushrooms.
Here is the guide I'm using btw if anyone has any cool anecdotes about mushrooms you think would be cool to translate into battle cat.
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i'm glad mushrooms are gaining popularity in this country, with more stores and restaurants offering shiitakes, oyster mushrooms, beech mushrooms, and so on. i remember when it was wild to see shiitake mushrooms at the supermarket. but why was that the case? why, for so long, have the dominant supermarket shelves and menus been full of variations on the exact same mushroom (button mushroom, cremini, baby bella, portobello), mostly cooked in the same handful of ways? so many people do not believe me when i try to explain that better flavors and textures are out there, and it's because they've only had access to that one kind of mushroom cooked in only a few ways
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From THE DON’T PANIC PANTRY COOKBOOK by Noah Galuten
This is just another way of showing off great stock, by seasoning it with little more than fresh ginger, scallion, and tamari. It is meant to be a brothy, comforting soup that—once you have the chicken stock made—comes together in about 15 minutes. The green vegetables are intended to just barely wilt and remain bright, and the rice noodles make for a perfect accompaniment to soak up the broth and catch the mushrooms and greens on your chopsticks.
Note: If you have any leftover chicken, whether from another recipe in this book or even a grocery store rotisserie chicken, this is a great way to use some last remaining scraps. But if you don't have that, you can simply buy a chicken breast from the store and poach it gently in a pot of water (or even the heated chicken stock) until just cooked. After that, you can remove the chicken, set it aside to cool, and then tear it into pieces for the soup.
Serves 4
1 (3 1/2-ounce) package bunashimeji (beech) mushrooms or 3 ounces or so of other mushrooms, such as white button, cremini, shiitake, or oyster
4 cups chicken stock
3 tablespoons tamari
3 scallions, thinly sliced, dark green tops kept separate
3-inch knob fresh ginger, grated or finely diced (about 2 ½ tablespoons)
4 ounces cooked chicken, torn into bite-size pieces
6 ounces rice noodles, such as mai fun, pad Thai, or vermicelli
Salt
2 small heads baby bok choy, very roughly chopped, or about 6 ounces spinach leaves, roughly chopped
Cilantro leaves, for garnish
White sesame seeds, freshly roasted or purchased already toasted
��Equipment
Pot large enough to boil noodles and a 4-quart or so saucepan or soup pot
Prepare the mushrooms: For bunashimeji, cut off the dirty root end and discard it, then separate the mushrooms into individual pieces. For cremini or white button, brush off any dirt and thinly slice them. For shiitake or oyster, remove the stems then simply tear the caps into bite-size pieces.
Bring a pot of water to a boil for the rice noodles.
Meanwhile, in a 4-quart saucepan, bring the stock and tamari to a gentle simmer. Add the white and light green parts of the scallion, the ginger, chicken, and mushrooms. Bring the broth back to a simmer and then reduce the heat, cover, and keep at a bare simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook according to the package directions. Drain the noodles and divide them among four bowls. Taste the soup for seasoning and add salt if it is need—it’s okay if it just on the brink of too salty, since there are still noodles and vegetables to go with it.
Add the bok choy or spinach to the pot of soup and stir them in so that they are submerged in broth. Cover the pot again and let the vegetables wilt for about 30 seconds (you want the boy choy stems to be crunchy, or the spinach to keep from going totally limp).
Divide the soup among the bowls, trying to distribute all of the components as evenly as possible. Garnish the bowls with cilantro leaves, the reserved scallion greens, and a light dusting of sesame seeds. Eat right away.
Slow Cooker 5-Mushroom Barley Soup
Sourcing your mushrooms at an Asian grocery store will make it easier to find such varieties as brown beech, oyster, and shiitake all in one stop.
A bit of everything noodle soup in chicken broth + some fish sauce lol Lunar New Yr happened mid-Feb & there was just a lot of things in the fridge for most of the month so I threw all the leftovers in here. For carb, I have cheese-ddeok (cheese-filled cylinder rice cakes) & rice noodles. For veggies, I have leftover stir-fried carrot & king oyster mushrooms & bokchoy. I have 2 kinds of seaweed: the soup kind & the dried kind sprinkled on top. Protein was fish cakes.
Coffee of the month~
Gifted from a coworker-friend. This was MUCH better than the maple hazelnut one.
Again, dinner consisting of leftover items from new years. Bokchoy, white beech mushrooms, air fried chicken & thin noodles. I used black peppercorn sauce & some preserved olive vegetable for flavouring.
Yeah. .. more random stuff put on a plate LOL. Here, I've got japchae pancake, chicken breast, egg, lettuce with garlic sauce, & . .. yeah you guessed right- pasta!
It was pasta take-out from Chianti's pasta frenzy special ($13.99 pastas on Mon-Tues). This was the Diabloe pasta, which has spinach fettuccine, diced chicken, red pepper, & artichoke in a cream pesto sauce.
Okay, let's move away from the leftover foods xD I've got a normal/freshly cooked noodle soup here with bokchoy, kimchi & fried egg.
I ate a lot of kimchi this month bcos I didn't realize it had already expired in Dec?! So I was in sort of a rush to finish it. I don't think it'll rot of anything though hmm.. .bcos it's fermented & kept in fridge. If anything, it'll ferment more, right?
Bokchoy & Busan fish cakes with rice noodles.
Bibimmyeon = spicy cold noodles. The noodles are from the 10-pack product from Hmart that doesn't have any seasoning or sauce. I mixed the sauce myself: fire chicken sauce, gochu powder (Korean chili pepper powder), white vinegar, sugar, & random sesame + seaweed pack that I found.
We had a week where it was literally like spring (which of course, wa followed by a few days of heavy snowfall).
SNACK TIME~
Korean onion rings.
K I've never tried this before .. but so good! I'm not a salty + sweet fan but the salted crackers in this was only very slightly salty so it was okay. My fav part was the chocolate filling. Not too sweet. . had dark chocolate vibes. Usually these chocolate filling snacks are so sweet but this wasn't.
Opens like a Kleenex box haha
"Smile package"
For improvement: better spreading of the filling.
Alrighty; that is it for now~ BYE!
(I have a short post bcos I separated several into its own post as they should have its own post lol so more to come from 'Feb' but will likely be posted from now until April :P )
Potato medallions with asparagus, Chinese broccoli, sweet peppers, purple cabbage, leek, tofu and one hot pepper, with a sauce of tamari, toasted sesame oil, chili oil, rice wine vinegar, fresh ginger and agave, topped with sesame seeds. Side of vegan bacon
LUNCH
Easy lunch, Amy’s Asian Vegan Dumpling Bowl with tofu, noodles and vegetables
DINNER
Vegan oyster mushroom tacos
A heavy handful of oyster mushroom and a dozen brown beech mushrooms, roughly chopped, in a marinade of corn oil, vinegar, the juice of 1 1/2 limes, a very generous dose of my mom’s special taco seasoning mix (an annual gift mostly composed of chili pepper and cumin but also featuring touches of other spices including I suspect chipotle powder’ dried chives and… something(s) I can’t quite place), one garlic clove, a quarter of a spicy chopped jalapeño, one spicy Asian pepper, a bunch of chopped cilantro, some finely sliced purple
cabbage, and a generous dash of El Yucateco habanero hot sauce, all mixed up and set in the fridge for 20 minutes, then cooked on pretty high heat beside a second pan cooking fresh corn off the cob with a little sauzon seasoning, layered into steamed corn tortillas and topped with fresh cilantro, chopped onion, slices of avocado and a sprinkle of Follow Your Heart vegan feta beside sauzon-spiced orange rice
Slow Cooker 5-Mushroom Barley Soup
Finding varieties like brown beech, oyster, and shiitake in a single location will be simpler if you purchase your mushrooms from an Asian grocery store.
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Slow Cooker 5-Mushroom Barley Soup
Finding varieties like brown beech, oyster, and shiitake in a single location will be simpler if you purchase your mushrooms from an Asian grocery store.