Magic Mushrooms
When I was younger and living in Australia in the summer months mushroom picking was a popular activity for myself and some friends. In those days of course you couldn't just buy some from the shop as you can today. However as food tends not to keep for very long in the tropics and as we always picked enormous quantities of the stuff our mushrooms were not taken fresh but rather turned into a Magic Mushroom liquid.

This was kept in an assortment of plastic containers and bottles not being used immediately were frozen.

After a while in the fridge the mushroom liquid would separate into different layers and when this started happening you knew it would be difficult to keep down. Despite experimenting with different things to mask the taste (which was so bad that throwing up was a big problem) we hit a snag in that the item to mask the smell often also became associated with being ill.

As a mushroom lover before this stage of my life I went from having mushrooms everyday to now 6 years later only just now managing to start gingerly picking at them again. Oh and I couldn't drink lemonade for ages either.
(r0slynne, Mon 12 Jul 2004, 17:26, Reply)