Eating the Scobbies

[Guest guest]

As for eating them, why not? We drink and enjoy the brew the

magical mushroom makes, so it can't be bad for us in itself.

One of the nurses I know, a Philippina, said that as a child she

remembers her mother slicing the " funny pancake " in tiny slivers

and putting it in salads. She remembers it being very chewy, but

it got eaten.

I have tried drying a few of my excess Scobys, have tossed some

to the neighbor's dogs, who fought over them, gave a sliver to my

cat who took it to play with and hides it only to reclaim it now and

then! He loves his strange little mousie! Doesn't eat it though.

Still have a jar nearly full of them, and even in the hotel they keep

on reproducing. The top one in the hotel is creamy and very, very

thick. Every now and then I take the top one off and put it in a full

jar of new tea after tossing the old, brown ones.

Granny Pat in California