These crazy looking guys are enoki mushrooms.
Their appearance weirded me out for a while. Fungi has always been one of those things I’ve been .. well, just unsure about. I’ve been of two minds about the .. um, life in them.. aakk how to explain this…
*paces the room*
Fungi are not fruit, nor vegetable. They are closer to animal. I don’t eat animals. They make me question what I’m eating, but oh man I love eating them. Are they sentient? Are they “alive”? What ARE they?!
Mushrooms have been described as the “meat for vegetarians”, but.. well there’s my issue. Can I be a vegetarian & still eat mushrooms? Are they just a misunderstood life-form? Are we torturing a being just because we can’t hear it scream or we don’t understand where its brain is? Do I watch too much Star Trek?
The look of enoki in particular make me question this life-form even more. They look alive…
& I sauteed them up in a little garlic & salt & ate them by the forkful.
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They’re not animals. They’re a third kingdom, apart from plants and animals altogether, and they are not known to have a nervous system.
^^”they are not known to have a nervous system.”
That only freaks me out more!
The unknown is a creepy thing to be eating.
they’re awesome in miso soups too. gives an eerie but delicious cronsche.