Hey Cody! I'm a Chef, and I have a couple of tips for you when sauteeing your oyster mushrooms. First, you don't need scissors, you can pull them apart with your fingers, just follow the grain of the mushroom, they come apart very easily. Secondly, heat your oil first before putting the mushrooms in, the outside cooks instantly creating a barrier and preventing them from becoming greasy. Lastly, always season mushrooms at the end of cooking not the beginning. Salting them early can make them shrivel a lot more. I hope this helps! Great video!
I’d like to see you cook with butter, my friend. Seed oils are full of omega 6 which are inflammatory in your body. OMEGA 6 is bad, 3 is good. Yes, I have been enjoying watching this. Thank you very much. !
Ive never had any problems with my cat, idk if hes just a good boy or because i raised him as a kitten but i always see that other people's cats are dicks
@@leomadero562 Same. My mother's two cats were 'smart' and could follow basic commands, 'sit, come here, wait, no,' etc; they didn't knock things over, scratch furniture etc, because we spent a bit of time and effort when they were young; you don't have to punish them either, they soon know its not good to hear, '[name] no!', because whatever they did or nearly did will not be acceptable, then you let them figure it out. But if you don't get to them early enough its just dumb luck whether they switch on. It's slightly different from 'dog' training, but it does work. Incidentally, even though they were friendly and approachable, if anyone was being a bit 'aggressive' near my mother both cats would respond against the aggressor, it was really obvious what they meant, people soon back off when a hissing/singing cat(s) gives them a warning. I have no doubt they would have made a mess of anyone stupid enough to have been physical against her. They were fine with me, but treated my sister as if she didn't exist (see, smart, good judge of character) ;-)
@@mjstecyk Christopher Columbus's ship the Santa Maria was actually mostly constructed with hemp fiber, making him the world's first largest scale drug trafficker
@@mohnomoosik technically no, because hemp used to create fiber doesnt have any drug capabilities. Its just a very closely related strain of cannabis thats used as rope.
Eats a mushroom and goes "OK, tastes like a mushroom" I love how this channel is all about truth and no fakery. If something doesn't work, you get a film about how it didn't work. The mushrooms idea did work though.
True, I also appreciate the "warts and all" format as it shows to a degree how we all a learning as we go. And if things look a little scruffy and worn out its because it is as there is no showing off here, that frying pan looks like it has seen better days and that's because it has and that's a great indicator of everything being used and not just for a show he is very authentic and trustworthy.
The part(s) on the Lion's mane bag that didn't colonize was probably a bacterial contamination. I've had that happen before where the more established mushroom colony kind of isolates a contamination colony. If it's around 80 percent colonized with the mushroom you want you can more than likely save it. Just flake off the bad part until you start getting into the mushroom mycelium and pour hydrogen peroxide on it to kill off any lingering bacteria. Then reincubate for a couple more days. Mushrooms seem to like H2O2. I've soaked samples I took of wild mushrooms to clone in up to 6% peroxide before with no real negative effects. Mushrooms are pretty hearty once they're well established. The Lions mane jar that got contaminated was a total loss haha. I've had colonies that far gone which I've tried to salvage and it's just not worth it. The oysters look great. If you're looking to make a more permanent fruiting chamber, I use a mini greenhouse with an ultrasonic humidifier hooked up to a timer. I like to do 30 minutes every 4 hours with my humidifier set to medium output. Obviously your mileage will vary. I'm very excited you're starting to do stuff with mushrooms. I've been following your channel for years and this is my favorite thing you've done so far.
@@danistador Yeah I cut some pvc pipes in on opposite sides. Then I just wired a small waterproof fan on a timer into the one pipe. Then I just stuffed both pipes with polyfill to cut down on contaminants and excess water evaporation. It works pretty well.
Sorry for the reply to an old post, but I'm curious -- why are mushroom colonies so susceptible to bacterial infection? Both would be present in high amounts in nutrient-rich areas in the real world, so it seems strange that they fight each other so much instead of getting along. And if bacteria is such an issue for early mushroom colonies, how do mushrooms survive/reproduce in nature?
@@a52productions In the wild, mushrooms are growing along with countless good and bad bacteria, yeasts, molds, fungi, insects, etc. And while it certainly affects the growth. With so many organisms competing for resources, it actually makes it easier for mushrooms to grow if they start to become a more established colony. The good microorganisms keep the bad in check. There's a reason mushrooms put off millions of spores to reproduce. Because only a handful become established enough to mature into a colony capable of producing fruiting bodies. But when growing mushrooms or anything in a lab setting, before you inoculate your growth medium you sterilize it so there are absolutely no microorganisms to compete for resources and to eliminate variables. But sometimes no matter how careful you are, a few bacteria or mold spores, or yeasts can survive the sterilization process, or they can hitch a ride during the inoculation step. With every other microorganism gone which would normally keep their numbers in check, and with the fast rate that these all reproduce, they'll quickly become the dominant colony in your medium, and overtake it. Mushrooms grow slowly compared to molds, yeasts, and bacteria, so unless the mushroom colony is well established, its pretty difficult to overcome a contamination.
Do you think there are some ways to embed biosafe 2D nanocarbides / ceramic flakes into the Teflon material to lower friction, wetting, scratch and adhesion damage?
my father is also into mushrooms, he likes them so much he invites his friends over them to plan their "trip" that night, they never go anywhere though.
Assuming the Shelf is made out of a type of wood that the oyster mushrooms like that could work if the shelf was not painted but the paint would protect the wood from the spors.
It might be a bit too late for those blue oysters, however, whenever you see a large amount of pins on the inside of a bag and they're growing in a slightly anaerobic environment the pins will be unhealthy. You should trim them off.
Cody, I suggest investing in an inexpensive box cutting knife, they are easy to clean and since they are thin they would be good for carving mushrooms off the block without breaking them off.
@@hempwick8203 so long as you use a sterile blade, cutting, imo, is better than plucking. sanitize the blade with some 70% rubbing alcohol, boiling water, or just a light for about 15 seconds. but to each their own, whatever works for you works
Cody you are like a science bob ross. You have so much patience and are so genuinely interested in all your videos. I love your channel and have been following for years. keep it up!
~5:15 "What do you think; is this one usable?" No. It's probably contaminated with something. It's hard to tell on the earlier one in the video (the one on top that might have grey mold), but if you even so much as suspect contamination it is better to assume the suspicion is correct. I do believe you are correct about the areas of yellow-brown staining you've identified as metabolytes. When dealing with contamination, the best thing to do is just get rid of the whole jar. Don't even open it. Losing a jar/bag of spawn only sets you back like a month or so and the jars/bags/substrate themselves are fairly cheap, especially when compared to the possibility of medical bills (or worse). Some of the contaminants you can accidentally cultivate are really, really nasty (as in "lethal neurotoxins") and it's not worth any risk of exposure. Most of the really dangerous ones have obvious visual indicators, but it's better safe than sorry when engaging any sort of microbiological work.
Not until watching this series did I realise how difficult it was to grow mushrooms. I thought it was an easything to do. I guess it it the same as gardening. What you want to grow is difficult and what you don't want to grow will happily grow and take over.
In my personal opinion I wouldn't go as far as to throw away the equipment. I would definitely recommend taking proper safety precautions when disposing of the contaminated material, but a good boil to sterilize any jars or other equipment should be enough.
Cody is new to this he will get better with practice, it is verry hard to prevent contamination, toxicity lies in the amount of it you intake, I'm sure cody is aware of any danger and the amount he ate is not toxic he is a smart man.
@MrStevonsky Yeah, super easy. A single viable mold spore floating in and landing on something you think is sterile can do it. I live in an older house in Houston and just the baseline mold spore levels mean I have to do all mycological work in a glove box, in a dedicated room that gets blasted with UVC and Ozone periodically and with concessionless asepic procedure. But I also go from wild fruiting body, through agar culture isolation of a sterile sample, to jar grain spawn, to either final grain or onto wood dowels, so I have a lot of additional possible contamination points along the way.
I just want to say I appreciate all your videos Cody. I have been watching for your videos for a long time. You are an awesome Person. Don’t give up on us.
I love this. Mushrooms are fascinating and delicious. I've wanted to grow mycelium myself for ages. One suggestion; I found the best way is to cook mushrooms is to add a bit of water initially. That collapses the internal structure of the mushroom which reduces it's porosity so it can be properly sautéed without being mega oily. Then you can add a little oil and sautée normally.
I have a simple working way: cut the mushroom stem off with a sterile knife. Soap is sometimes enough. Make a little cut in the sides of the stem, and get the soft inside out without toutching it, because this kills it. You will see some brown spots later on if you accidently touched it. Then plant it in used coffee grounds. It should not be wet, just moist. Squeeze excess water out by squeezing the coffe filter, and use the grounds. Put it in a box with little holes. Not bigger than 1 mm or put cotton in it. Just leave it dark and moist with 23 degrees celsius. You will possibly have some more mycelium now. put it in more coffee grounds with some of your mycelium. You can now grow your own mushrooms. When a few weeks passed, you can put it in a garage or basement where the temperature should be around 17 degrees celsius. This will trigger the mycelium to produce mushrooms. Then you can get a decent harvest. Coffe grounds do not have a ton of nutriënts, but it is sterile enough on comparison to other things. You can put some sterilized hay underneath the coffe grounds, as this will provide more nutriënts. But beware that it can also have a bigger chance of producing bad mold or little insects, because good and bad spores germinate with more minerals and nutriënts.
@@DullPoints That's pretty much correct. However, depending on the mushroom and heat the texture could become undesirable. But in general they have so much water that it's really hard to burn them.
@@DullPoints In addition to SuperWild's point. Meat gets tough when overcooked because the heat denatures the collegen which then binds up really tight. Vegetables get mushy when overcooked because the heat breaks down the pectin. The structural molecule of mushrooms is chitin which is very heat tolerant and so mushrooms can take EXTREMELY long cooking times before they become "overcooked". Of course, that doesn't say anything about heat affecting nutritional content. (but how heat affects nutritional content in food is complicated by the fact that heat destroys some nutrients but then also makes other nutrients more readily available)
Ah Cody. Everytime I see a notification for your video I am flooded with feelings of calm and good. You make me forget about the everyday life in the current world of chaos culture like nothing else. Thank you my internet friend.
You don't need to eat as often as you think. The ussr jweish bolsheviks instilled a mass starvation upon the Ukrainians in the late 20s early 30s the event is called _the holodomor_ . *genrikh yagoda* killed tens of millions of people and had a funny mustache. It is all swept under the rug because who owns the media? Same tribe that sold out US nuclear secrets to russia via spying, bankers that financed communist china, killing millions and creating a 2nd world slave-state, and same tribe committing false flags such as the _lavon affair_ for political gain. They play the victim card when found out, but you must know our freedom of speech exists to point them out because since 66AD they have been expelled from host countries 109 times.. God bless America
When you cook mushrooms start with a few tablespoons of water, cook for ~5 minutes (until the water is gone), then add the oil (like a quarter of what you are using here). When you cook them before adding oil it makes them absorb less oil and therefore brown far better with less oil, and have a much better texture.
Very interesting stuff, Mushrooms are cool and cultivating them sounds fun. "Cody grows:X" could be a fun series. Maybe using a bit of science to grow different 'growables' in different soils. What could be the best "hands off" thing you can grow while you are 'away from base'? potatoes maybe?
He did a whole "gardening with Cody" series a while ago, as well as other things like tree splicing, hydroponics and reforestation. Pretty good if you haven't already seen them.
Hey Cody, been watching for years and you’re finally getting into a subject I have knowledge on -before-watching your videos. I’m by no means an expert, nor have I studied mycology in a scholarly environment, but I’d love to provide any help/advice/a fresh set of eyes or bounce ideas off each other. I completely understand if not, but mycology has been a huge interest of mine since I got into it and always look for people to discuss it with. Either way keep doing what your doing! -AB
Hi, I'm somewhat interested in this topic as well. Have pretty unsuccessfully tried to grow some oysters and might start growing some more mushrooms at some point. Where do people interested in this hang out? What are some good online resources?
@@PadrinoLuca Yo, the absolute best congregation of aspiring mycologists is shroomery. Roger Rabbit makes his rounds on occasion, and he's basically the god of mycology.
I'm very happy you decided to do this series showing you learning as you go. We've always had Cody the expert and it's great to see the learning and normal side as well. Keep it up
Great video! Some say that adding salt to mushroom pull water out of it, and so you must add it later to help them browning a bit. But as long as you like them that's the most important ;)
I can totaly empathize with your mushroom "obsession". Mushrooms are the best, I particularly love how interesting their structures are, so wildly different from one another. That zoom on the slice was appreciated. Then there this edible part, I probably should eat before watching some of your videos.
I can't wait to see your reaction to lions mane. It sort of does taste like lobster if you cook it in butter, and supposedly it's great for brain health.
I bought a red oyster mushroom grow kit from home depot since I was bored. It was actually super easy and I couldn't believe how fast they grow. I just soaked this bag overnight that it came with drained it and cut an x in it. 7 days later I had full sized mushrooms with minimal effort. I just sprayed them with water for the first 7 days. Really an amazing process and they were pretty good stir fried with other veggies and garlic.
Cody I respect your view on everything you post and it's awesome to have you enter the world of mycology. Thank You for sharing and I look forward to all your mycology experiments.
Hi Cody! Learned this a while back in culinary school: always heat the pan before trowing in the food. This way the outside pores are scorched closed. when the pan is cold it slowly heats up and loses all the moisture and a bit of taste and texture. slow-heating also has an effect on the so called Maillard reaction, which gives it that that deep, rich flavor.
That’s really cool rhat you’re joining the mycophile club! Been obsessed since I was a child it’s it’s a great journey to explore the biochemical and cultural qualities of fungi :)
That’s really interesting. I now realize just how little we learn about the 4th eukaryotic kingdom of fungi. I know plenty about plants, animals, and even a bit about Protista. But watching the colonization patterns and how your mushrooms metabolize is really interesting
Nice dude! I watched your videos on sugar beets years ago because I was growing them. Now I grow mushrooms for a living and I stumbled upon this. Good stuff.
Great video! You could try sewing or gluing the magnets to a strip of fabric. That way you would be able to remove and reattach them more quickly. It also might be easier to keep track of them.
I really love these videos and would like to see a "Cooking with Cody" mini series spring from this in which you try out recipes with your own grown goods
@@ZeroInDaHouse that makes no difference, salt takes time to draw water out and is totally insignificant compared to a several hundred-degree pan(or in this case what should be several hundred degree pan).
Nice crop! I like how you're growing them - seems a lot simpler than what I've seen other people try. I'd use butter to fry them up since you can skip the salt too usually - and dont use metal in your non stick pans unless you like ruining them :)
He literally has the government watching his channel. He can't even joke about it, especially not in Utah. We will never find out one way or another. However, this is a fantastic cover for buying all the supplies
U must be under 50....for some.reason when u start to slow down...and im in 80s....this makes u feel lazy...really lazy...tho i would really love some once....never had fresh ones. Where i live i could t keep any alive...so just as well its too much work...im going back to bed...the ccp.virus depression is worse than anything....i just want my hair done and scalp massaged ... given up hope on all.else....damn CHINA...
Great grow Cody! The one thing you should consider changing is your fruiting chamber, the humidity appears to be great with the current set-up, but the reason they're growing in such a weird way (long stems and elongated caps) is a high CO2 environment, they need a lot of fresh air, especially the Blue oyster. Those terrarium air humidifiers work fine, another thing you could do is put a fan in front of your fruiting chamber with a container full of water in front of it. The air that's pushed out of the fan picks up water particles along with it.
Definitely have been enjoying. Also enjoying your daily vlogs. Please try not to worry too much about videos like the gas one not going as planned. Honestly I'd love to watch videos of you explaining how things went wrong or where mistakes were made. You've got a knack for making just about anything interesting to watch and learn about.
I seldom use oil while cooking Oysters. They do very well dry-seared! Edit: try yourself a dry-sear and finish it off with a bit of melted butter (salt or no salt is up to you!) :D
Bro, I grow mushrooms. I like to show my friends how to do it. We cooked some grain. My friend too a hair dryer and dried off the grain to be totally dry to the touch. I was like "DAM, hope that works!" We put it in bottles and it colonized faster than anything I had done before. He learned me good that day. It ended up working much better than I used to do it. Good work, keep it up.
Yesss. Great Idea for a series. Quick note. I've noticed you've been speaking less and you're less energized since your breakup a while ago. I might be full of crap though. Just know that your loving fans are here and will support you through everything 😁💋
A mushroom is roughly 88-95% water weight for most species. Rule of thumb is multiply wet weight by .1 to see what dry weight will be close to if you don't know the specifics for that species.
$20 for a good monotub AKA Rubbermaid storage tub, $20 for a bag of birdseed, $10 for syringes full of spores, $20 for a bag of bags, $50 for a bag sealer boom you're done. Oh yeah you need a good-sized pressure cooker. So add another fifty bucks for a presto 21 quart. Then months of learning why you keep getting contaminations.
@@skm9420 It's not like you have to buy all that stuff. There's many ways to grow mushrooms. Champion mushrooms don't taste much of anything. Then some are so full of flavour for example I use dried Yellowfoot/Winter Mushroom as a spice and it's delicious.
Great work for your first time fruiting!!! I’ve been upsessed with mushrooms for about a year now myself... my two cents, harvest sooner than later, and cook your mushrooms well!!! It will provide you with better flavor/ texture and will give you more nutrients, as the chitin breaks down more. You definitely didn’t cook those kings enough
I really love your content Cody, you actually inspire me to do more and be a more active maker (going into the family business of jewelry, and I dabble in things lol). Take good care of yourself though. Use cutlery...scrub your tub and bathroom tiles. Lots of love!
I find these mushroom videos to be unexpectedly fascinating. Keep it up Cody but don’t overwork your mind, your mental health is more important than my entertainment I assure you that. ♥️
“How many different ways can I eat charcoal?” - Cody
method no.32 grow mushrooms using charcoal and then eat .//side note the mushroom could be a nice appetizer for the main curse the charcoal
@@rdkonevrd9898 Unsure as to wether curse is misspelled on purpose or not.. 0:)
@@Loke002 yes.
@@Loke002
Kind of like 'wether' I presume.
Grow mushrooms on charcoal, charcoal the mushrooms, eat charcoal.
Hey Cody! I'm a Chef, and I have a couple of tips for you when sauteeing your oyster mushrooms. First, you don't need scissors, you can pull them apart with your fingers, just follow the grain of the mushroom, they come apart very easily. Secondly, heat your oil first before putting the mushrooms in, the outside cooks instantly creating a barrier and preventing them from becoming greasy. Lastly, always season mushrooms at the end of cooking not the beginning. Salting them early can make them shrivel a lot more. I hope this helps! Great video!
Also, don't use a fork in a non-stick pan
@@Che8t Universal law
I’d like to see you cook with butter, my friend. Seed oils are full of omega 6 which are inflammatory in your body. OMEGA 6 is bad, 3 is good.
Yes, I have been enjoying watching this. Thank you very much. !
"Cat knocked over the light"
Congratulations, your cat appears to be functioning correctly!
Same thought :D
I really wondered how was his cat such a sweetboy, then when he knocked the light I remembered how much of an asshole can a cat be.
*windows chime*
Ive never had any problems with my cat, idk if hes just a good boy or because i raised him as a kitten but i always see that other people's cats are dicks
@@leomadero562 Same. My mother's two cats were 'smart' and could follow basic commands, 'sit, come here, wait, no,' etc; they didn't knock things over, scratch furniture etc, because we spent a bit of time and effort when they were young; you don't have to punish them either, they soon know its not good to hear, '[name] no!', because whatever they did or nearly did will not be acceptable, then you let them figure it out. But if you don't get to them early enough its just dumb luck whether they switch on. It's slightly different from 'dog' training, but it does work. Incidentally, even though they were friendly and approachable, if anyone was being a bit 'aggressive' near my mother both cats would respond against the aggressor, it was really obvious what they meant, people soon back off when a hissing/singing cat(s) gives them a warning. I have no doubt they would have made a mess of anyone stupid enough to have been physical against her. They were fine with me, but treated my sister as if she didn't exist (see, smart, good judge of character) ;-)
I'm waiting for Cody to pyrolyze the mushrooms into charcoal and taste them.
then the long awaited sequel, Will It Charcoal: Cannabis
@@mohnomoosik no but it creates excellent fiber. It used to be a pretty profitable crop.
@@mjstecyk Christopher Columbus's ship the Santa Maria was actually mostly constructed with hemp fiber, making him the world's first largest scale drug trafficker
The circle of charcoal
@@mohnomoosik technically no, because hemp used to create fiber doesnt have any drug capabilities. Its just a very closely related strain of cannabis thats used as rope.
Eats a mushroom and goes "OK, tastes like a mushroom"
I love how this channel is all about truth and no fakery. If something doesn't work, you get a film about how it didn't work. The mushrooms idea did work though.
True, I also appreciate the "warts and all" format as it shows to a degree how we all a learning as we go.
And if things look a little scruffy and worn out its because it is as there is no showing off here, that frying pan looks like it has seen better days and that's because it has and that's a great indicator of everything being used and not just for a show he is very authentic and trustworthy.
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Seeing Cody’s genuine excitement that his mushroom cultures have fruited and they taste good is wholesome
Every grower has that excitement and joy. It kinda becomes addicting.
A beacon of light, this man.
I’m Signal what does that mean?
You wouldn't know unless you grow smh
robb biychel are you talking to me?
The part(s) on the Lion's mane bag that didn't colonize was probably a bacterial contamination. I've had that happen before where the more established mushroom colony kind of isolates a contamination colony. If it's around 80 percent colonized with the mushroom you want you can more than likely save it. Just flake off the bad part until you start getting into the mushroom mycelium and pour hydrogen peroxide on it to kill off any lingering bacteria. Then reincubate for a couple more days. Mushrooms seem to like H2O2. I've soaked samples I took of wild mushrooms to clone in up to 6% peroxide before with no real negative effects. Mushrooms are pretty hearty once they're well established.
The Lions mane jar that got contaminated was a total loss haha. I've had colonies that far gone which I've tried to salvage and it's just not worth it.
The oysters look great.
If you're looking to make a more permanent fruiting chamber, I use a mini greenhouse with an ultrasonic humidifier hooked up to a timer. I like to do 30 minutes every 4 hours with my humidifier set to medium output. Obviously your mileage will vary.
I'm very excited you're starting to do stuff with mushrooms. I've been following your channel for years and this is my favorite thing you've done so far.
for the part that didnt colonize it was resting against the bucket
Do you have any sort of exhaust/air intake to your mini greenhouse? How do you keep your O2/CO2 levels good?
@@danistador Yeah I cut some pvc pipes in on opposite sides. Then I just wired a small waterproof fan on a timer into the one pipe. Then I just stuffed both pipes with polyfill to cut down on contaminants and excess water evaporation. It works pretty well.
Sorry for the reply to an old post, but I'm curious -- why are mushroom colonies so susceptible to bacterial infection? Both would be present in high amounts in nutrient-rich areas in the real world, so it seems strange that they fight each other so much instead of getting along. And if bacteria is such an issue for early mushroom colonies, how do mushrooms survive/reproduce in nature?
@@a52productions In the wild, mushrooms are growing along with countless good and bad bacteria, yeasts, molds, fungi, insects, etc. And while it certainly affects the growth. With so many organisms competing for resources, it actually makes it easier for mushrooms to grow if they start to become a more established colony. The good microorganisms keep the bad in check. There's a reason mushrooms put off millions of spores to reproduce. Because only a handful become established enough to mature into a colony capable of producing fruiting bodies.
But when growing mushrooms or anything in a lab setting, before you inoculate your growth medium you sterilize it so there are absolutely no microorganisms to compete for resources and to eliminate variables. But sometimes no matter how careful you are, a few bacteria or mold spores, or yeasts can survive the sterilization process, or they can hitch a ride during the inoculation step. With every other microorganism gone which would normally keep their numbers in check, and with the fast rate that these all reproduce, they'll quickly become the dominant colony in your medium, and overtake it. Mushrooms grow slowly compared to molds, yeasts, and bacteria, so unless the mushroom colony is well established, its pretty difficult to overcome a contamination.
14:52 that teflon pan looks kinda scratched
15:21 ah that's why
23:30 thank you but it's too late
Hahahahah good catch I missed that somehow
Cody consumes teflon shavings for his viewers. Circa 2020
when I say him using a fork on a frying pan the cook in me said wtf
Do you think there are some ways to embed biosafe 2D nanocarbides / ceramic flakes into the Teflon material to lower friction, wetting, scratch and adhesion damage?
Underrated comment... I saw the ah that why and came to post will giggle at too late....LMAO I'M FUCKING DIEING
Was waiting for him to say, "let's get this out on a tray..."
Nice!
Mmm kay
Nice hiss!
Alright kool
Nice hiss
my father is also into mushrooms, he likes them so much he invites his friends over them to plan their "trip" that night, they never go anywhere though.
"One can take quite the journey, yet seem like they never moved. " Me, 2020.
lollllll
This is gold
buy your dad some glowlight, or just screem NIGHTMARE when he is with his buddies discussing their trip.
@@jackkushner8026 i think this has been going on since the begining of time... We arent even the only animal species that gets high
Eventually the bookshelves wll turn into mushrooms themselves.
M L. Exactly what I was thinking
be really cool if he leaves this after the experiment just to see what happens to it
@@mybackhurts7020 Right? I mean in theory wouldn't the mushrooms consume the fibers of the shelf material? It'd take a long time though I bet.
Assuming the Shelf is made out of a type of wood that the oyster mushrooms like that could work if the shelf was not painted but the paint would protect the wood from the spors.
A friend of mine had oysters they forgot about and left down the back of a bookshelf. They definitely grew out the wood.
That’s the point
It might be a bit too late for those blue oysters, however, whenever you see a large amount of pins on the inside of a bag and they're growing in a slightly anaerobic environment the pins will be unhealthy. You should trim them off.
I like how Cody really reserves the comment favoriting function for useful info.
Cody, I suggest investing in an inexpensive box cutting knife, they are easy to clean and since they are thin they would be good for carving mushrooms off the block without breaking them off.
you should pluck them, he's gotta stop cutting them from the blocks, it promotes bacteria
The age old argument: To pluck or to cut?
@@hempwick8203 so long as you use a sterile blade, cutting, imo, is better than plucking. sanitize the blade with some 70% rubbing alcohol, boiling water, or just a light for about 15 seconds. but to each their own, whatever works for you works
I have absolutely no interest in mushrooms, but it’s Cody so yes I’m watching a 25 minute video on mushrooms
Same
No interest in mushrooms? You just haven't tried the right kind.
Same, but after watching this video I can no longer say I don't have any interest in growing my own mushrooms.
Same
Mushrooms are aguable more interesting than plants and most animals biologically
Cody you are like a science bob ross. You have so much patience and are so genuinely interested in all your videos. I love your channel and have been following for years. keep it up!
I’ve been watching your videos for about 8 years now and to this day this is one of my favorite channels on all of RUclips.
~5:15 "What do you think; is this one usable?"
No. It's probably contaminated with something. It's hard to tell on the earlier one in the video (the one on top that might have grey mold), but if you even so much as suspect contamination it is better to assume the suspicion is correct.
I do believe you are correct about the areas of yellow-brown staining you've identified as metabolytes.
When dealing with contamination, the best thing to do is just get rid of the whole jar. Don't even open it. Losing a jar/bag of spawn only sets you back like a month or so and the jars/bags/substrate themselves are fairly cheap, especially when compared to the possibility of medical bills (or worse). Some of the contaminants you can accidentally cultivate are really, really nasty (as in "lethal neurotoxins") and it's not worth any risk of exposure.
Most of the really dangerous ones have obvious visual indicators, but it's better safe than sorry when engaging any sort of microbiological work.
Chris Martin exudate *contains* metabolites, the yellow secretion is exudate
Not until watching this series did I realise how difficult it was to grow mushrooms. I thought it was an easything to do. I guess it it the same as gardening. What you want to grow is difficult and what you don't want to grow will happily grow and take over.
In my personal opinion I wouldn't go as far as to throw away the equipment. I would definitely recommend taking proper safety precautions when disposing of the contaminated material, but a good boil to sterilize any jars or other equipment should be enough.
Cody is new to this he will get better with practice, it is verry hard to prevent contamination, toxicity lies in the amount of it you intake, I'm sure cody is aware of any danger and the amount he ate is not toxic he is a smart man.
Lethal neurotoxin? If you tell him that, he'll go out of his way to make more
1. Add mushrooms to pan
2. Cook until almost all water is evaporated
3. Add butter
4. Cook to desired brownness
5. Add salt
Not adding fat until some of the water is gone is sage advice
In fact you can even add a splash of water at first to speed up the process of heating up and cooking the mushrooms.
Do you add water in the beginning? If so, how much per 100g of mushroom?
6. Add mixture to rubbish bin
7. On appropriate day take rubbish to kerb
And garlic and rosemary
@5:00 the jar is not usable, mold that has already sporulated and bacteria
yep chuck that jar don't even open it
@@Sublimeoo I'd put it in the autoclave as is for 20 minutes to kill everything off and then clean it out...
Every time I watch one of your intros I can't help but read it as "Cody Slab" and the idea of a slab of Cody is just too much.
The time-lapse footage of the oyster mushrooms growing reminded me of watching a cumulus tower develop on a hot, humid day.
Wait.... you made the previous mushroom video a month ago?
My sense of time is gone.
i base my time perception on Chicken hole updates (rip chicken hole)
2 months actually...
@@theCodyReeder i cant believe its already May, its like time is flying by.
It happend to me with the tin canned asparagus
@Tastes Like Trash Welcome to adulthood*
That jar with the blackish stuff at the top is for the worm bin my dude. Don't even open that in your mycological spaces.
Yeah that is super contam
@MrStevonsky It is very easy to contaminate.
@MrStevonsky Yeah, super easy. A single viable mold spore floating in and landing on something you think is sterile can do it. I live in an older house in Houston and just the baseline mold spore levels mean I have to do all mycological work in a glove box, in a dedicated room that gets blasted with UVC and Ozone periodically and with concessionless asepic procedure. But I also go from wild fruiting body, through agar culture isolation of a sterile sample, to jar grain spawn, to either final grain or onto wood dowels, so I have a lot of additional possible contamination points along the way.
Yup, that is some nasty ass contam. And yes it takes a single bad bacteria and/or rogue spore to contaminate an entire crop.
@Ejuice Vaper bummer
Every time he says Blue oyster, I mentally add "Cult" to the end
odin draginda-burnett those mushrooms definitely don't fear the reaper
Well, I also remembered Blue Oyster salad bar. Not thanking Cody for that. 😁
Anything with blue in becomes blue waffle..
I have a fever
Cult's etymology is Latin colō (“till, cultivate; worship”).
I just want to say I appreciate all your videos Cody. I have been watching for your videos for a long time. You are an awesome Person. Don’t give up on us.
Excellent first run, really nice looking fruiting shelf. Amazing to see the damn oyster mushrooms freakin THRIVE.
I love this. Mushrooms are fascinating and delicious. I've wanted to grow mycelium myself for ages.
One suggestion; I found the best way is to cook mushrooms is to add a bit of water initially. That collapses the internal structure of the mushroom which reduces it's porosity so it can be properly sautéed without being mega oily. Then you can add a little oil and sautée normally.
This needs to be higher
I have a simple working way: cut the mushroom stem off with a sterile knife. Soap is sometimes enough. Make a little cut in the sides of the stem, and get the soft inside out without toutching it, because this kills it. You will see some brown spots later on if you accidently touched it. Then plant it in used coffee grounds. It should not be wet, just moist. Squeeze excess water out by squeezing the coffe filter, and use the grounds. Put it in a box with little holes. Not bigger than 1 mm or put cotton in it. Just leave it dark and moist with 23 degrees celsius. You will possibly have some more mycelium now. put it in more coffee grounds with some of your mycelium. You can now grow your own mushrooms. When a few weeks passed, you can put it in a garage or basement where the temperature should be around 17 degrees celsius. This will trigger the mycelium to produce mushrooms. Then you can get a decent harvest. Coffe grounds do not have a ton of nutriënts, but it is sterile enough on comparison to other things. You can put some sterilized hay underneath the coffe grounds, as this will provide more nutriënts. But beware that it can also have a bigger chance of producing bad mold or little insects, because good and bad spores germinate with more minerals and nutriënts.
I heard it's almost impossible to overcook mushrooms. Any thoughts?
@@DullPoints That's pretty much correct. However, depending on the mushroom and heat the texture could become undesirable. But in general they have so much water that it's really hard to burn them.
@@DullPoints In addition to SuperWild's point. Meat gets tough when overcooked because the heat denatures the collegen which then binds up really tight. Vegetables get mushy when overcooked because the heat breaks down the pectin. The structural molecule of mushrooms is chitin which is very heat tolerant and so mushrooms can take EXTREMELY long cooking times before they become "overcooked".
Of course, that doesn't say anything about heat affecting nutritional content. (but how heat affects nutritional content in food is complicated by the fact that heat destroys some nutrients but then also makes other nutrients more readily available)
Cooking tip: heat up the oil in the pan first, then throw in the mushrooms and don't stir continuously, let them sit and brown, then salt at the end.
Some even said not to cook with oil but water first. Until everything soften up then add the oil.
For sure add the salt later, or else they lose much of their moisture and become chewy/leathery
yeah, Cody's cooking technique made my brain scream, "Philistine! Heathen! Why must you cause us pain!?"
I use butter instead of oil. So good
Watched too much Ghostbusters, Cody?
"Got any hobbies?"
- "I collect spores, mold, and fungus."
Lmao! ... Cody's Egon Lab.
_Where's Egon?_ ...... Where's who gone?.......
Ah Cody. Everytime I see a notification for your video I am flooded with feelings of calm and good. You make me forget about the everyday life in the current world of chaos culture like nothing else. Thank you my internet friend.
That's quite the haul! Harvest Moon: Cody.
That is some bachelor cooking. I can respect it.
The brown bit in Lions mane was resting against the bucket, might that have something to do with it?
good catch!
Condensation on the side that touch the mycelium might cause that
@@theCodyReeder Did you "activated" charcoal with microorganisms. It's not enough to just put a charcoal in a bag.
5:00 Flamethrower time, don't even open that indoors.
You mean charcoal making time. :)
7:54 So it's official, Cody has gone over to the Blue Öyster Cult. He has a shrine to them. XD
The time laps of the mushrooms growing was so freaking cool
This week on Cody'sLab: "I'm eating dinner"
2 months ago on Cody'sLab: "I'm starting dinner"
You don't need to eat as often as you think. The ussr jweish bolsheviks instilled a mass starvation upon the Ukrainians in the late 20s early 30s the event is called _the holodomor_ . *genrikh yagoda* killed tens of millions of people and had a funny mustache. It is all swept under the rug because who owns the media? Same tribe that sold out US nuclear secrets to russia via spying, bankers that financed communist china, killing millions and creating a 2nd world slave-state, and same tribe committing false flags such as the _lavon affair_ for political gain. They play the victim card when found out, but you must know our freedom of speech exists to point them out because since 66AD they have been expelled from host countries 109 times.. God bless America
@@mackk123 Bro...
@@mackk123 that is some nasty anti semitism shit right there.
@@mackk123 lmao
When you cook mushrooms start with a few tablespoons of water, cook for ~5 minutes (until the water is gone), then add the oil (like a quarter of what you are using here). When you cook them before adding oil it makes them absorb less oil and therefore brown far better with less oil, and have a much better texture.
Interesting. I will try this for sure. It does make sense so thank ya.
I don't even cook, but now I know this and want to. Thanks.
Jeffery Duke works great, this is how I cook mine
Very interesting stuff, Mushrooms are cool and cultivating them sounds fun.
"Cody grows:X" could be a fun series. Maybe using a bit of science to grow different 'growables' in different soils.
What could be the best "hands off" thing you can grow while you are 'away from base'? potatoes maybe?
He did a whole "gardening with Cody" series a while ago, as well as other things like tree splicing, hydroponics and reforestation. Pretty good if you haven't already seen them.
Love your videos as usual Cody, your genuine passion about these things is something many of us can only dream of
Hell yeah cant wait for future mushroom updates. I always wanted to try it myself but never got round to it.
I'm not even sure about what or why I'm watching, I just like Cody I guess
LeoZa808 so do I buddy, so do I.
dont we all?
LeoZa808
It’s Cody’s mushroom colony, you are watching caus it’s Cody
He's a fun-guy 🍄🍄
Hey Cody, been watching for years and you’re finally getting into a subject I have knowledge on -before-watching your videos. I’m by no means an expert, nor have I studied mycology in a scholarly environment, but I’d love to provide any help/advice/a fresh set of eyes or bounce ideas off each other. I completely understand if not, but mycology has been a huge interest of mine since I got into it and always look for people to discuss it with. Either way keep doing what your doing! -AB
I thought your name was AnalBurger
Cody is pretty responsive on Patreon.
Hi, I'm somewhat interested in this topic as well. Have pretty unsuccessfully tried to grow some oysters and might start growing some more mushrooms at some point. Where do people interested in this hang out? What are some good online resources?
The shroomery.
@@PadrinoLuca Yo, the absolute best congregation of aspiring mycologists is shroomery. Roger Rabbit makes his rounds on occasion, and he's basically the god of mycology.
So when can we expect Cody farms brand mushrooms to hit store shelves
I'd buy that
Im so happy you succeeded in innoculating them! I have so far never succeeded with any of my attempts.
I like the mix of practicality with a studious approach... mushrooms are fascinating and I wish I could try some of this myself.
I'm very happy you decided to do this series showing you learning as you go. We've always had Cody the expert and it's great to see the learning and normal side as well. Keep it up
Lovely series cody. Did you shake or break them during colonisation? Part way in, after it took hold?
no, I pretty much forgot about it for a month.
Cody'sLab
“So neglect becomes our ally”
Love the series, my new favorite! Hope mushrooms are becoming a new staple diet in Cody's lab!
@@theCodyReeder shake them once they are 1/3 colonized, that will dramatically increase colonization.
@@Magnumscoffeefreek This. Let them get established then one good shake up to make sure every bit gets colonised
I think this is the maximun level we can achieve, food and science
and hobby, a lot of the stuff he does is pretty interesting
He eats the science anyways, so why not? :D
Tripping and science
No, real living humans...and science.
There's still another tier to be added 😉. Some of the mushroom species have medical properties.
They're all beautiful! You should tape the magnets together so that they're easier to remove and put back on
This is inspiring. Cody you keep on everything you love to do. Its truly great to see you like this. Good day Brother.
Great video! Some say that adding salt to mushroom pull water out of it, and so you must add it later to help them browning a bit. But as long as you like them that's the most important ;)
I can totaly empathize with your mushroom "obsession". Mushrooms are the best, I particularly love how interesting their structures are, so wildly different from one another. That zoom on the slice was appreciated. Then there this edible part, I probably should eat before watching some of your videos.
I can't wait to see your reaction to lions mane. It sort of does taste like lobster if you cook it in butter, and supposedly it's great for brain health.
I bought a red oyster mushroom grow kit from home depot since I was bored. It was actually super easy and I couldn't believe how fast they grow. I just soaked this bag overnight that it came with drained it and cut an x in it. 7 days later I had full sized mushrooms with minimal effort. I just sprayed them with water for the first 7 days. Really an amazing process and they were pretty good stir fried with other veggies and garlic.
Cody I respect your view on everything you post and it's awesome to have you enter the world of mycology. Thank You for sharing and I look forward to all your mycology experiments.
Never thought I'd ever say that watching mushrooms grow was quite interesting!
"I'm getting obsessed with mushrooms!"
Welcome aboard the mushroom train Cody, the only folks who ride are fun-guys!
Last time I heard "Welcome aboard the mushroom train" we definitely weren't about to have dinner.
I wouldn't really say fun guys people in the shroom community can often be toxic and egotistical.
@@LaPapaMollido Well, with people that is :P
Wooooooot wooooooot from the toxic egotistical fun guy train.
So, no one got the fungi joke?
He hasn't show us his "secret" mushroom collection yet
Alex Thompson he did. You just couldn’t see them....... because they are magical;)
Well, this is inspiring me to start up with that again.
Heh. Loose lips sink ships.
@@jadenpeterson4881 true
@@ericsbraun this is the police lol nah jp me too bro
This is why I followed you. Educational, funny, and enjoyable content.
I love this series Cody, I hope you put out more of these ☺️. Stay safe and have fun at home 👍.
Hi Cody! Learned this a while back in culinary school: always heat the pan before trowing in the food. This way the outside pores are scorched closed. when the pan is cold it slowly heats up and loses all the moisture and a bit of taste and texture. slow-heating also has an effect on the so called Maillard reaction, which gives it that that deep, rich flavor.
That’s really cool rhat you’re joining the mycophile club! Been obsessed since I was a child it’s it’s a great journey to explore the biochemical and cultural qualities of fungi :)
That’s really interesting. I now realize just how little we learn about the 4th eukaryotic kingdom of fungi. I know plenty about plants, animals, and even a bit about Protista. But watching the colonization patterns and how your mushrooms metabolize is really interesting
strange things, they look like a kind of animal-plant mixture, and taste delicious like animals
Completely different than plants too, so many people try to apply what they know about plants to em when they first get into em
Nice dude! I watched your videos on sugar beets years ago because I was growing them. Now I grow mushrooms for a living and I stumbled upon this. Good stuff.
Great video!
You could try sewing or gluing the magnets to a strip of fabric. That way you would be able to remove and reattach them more quickly. It also might be easier to keep track of them.
I really love these videos and would like to see a "Cooking with Cody" mini series spring from this in which you try out recipes with your own grown goods
The poor people who buy Cody’s house after him.
Why
Why
You're going to want to start with a hot pan with hot oil and then add the mushrooms so they don't sogify
And add the salt at the end, this prevents them from losing all their juices so fast.
And use butter. Butter fried mushroom is the best.
Yes heat the pan and the oil before adding the food!
@lyle no you
@@ZeroInDaHouse that makes no difference, salt takes time to draw water out and is totally insignificant compared to a several hundred-degree pan(or in this case what should be several hundred degree pan).
Cody's Mushrooms is by and far my favorite series that he does. I absolutely love mushrooms.
Only Cody can forget about a series for 2 months and casually make a new episode
"Pull off all the insulation" is exactly what I say every morning before pulling off the blankets...
Rought winter?
I just had breakfast, but after watching this, now I'm hungry...
Nice crop! I like how you're growing them - seems a lot simpler than what I've seen other people try. I'd use butter to fry them up since you can skip the salt too usually - and dont use metal in your non stick pans unless you like ruining them :)
Finally someone talking about the fork in the pan!
Mushroom cultivation has come a long way in 10 years. What used to be thought a complicated process is far easier now.
Cody you look a lot healthier and happier in recent videos! Keep up the awesome work!
Mushrooms will make a really nice addition to your chb project
Every time you say “blue oyster” I hear Christopher Walken say “ I gotta fever and the only prescription is more cowbell”
The cakes he didn't show us, the p cubensis. Those were the best! ;-)
I came here to say something to that effect I grew cubes it was awesome
He literally has the government watching his channel. He can't even joke about it, especially not in Utah. We will never find out one way or another. However, this is a fantastic cover for buying all the supplies
@@dtc4201 I too grew cubes! Cube gang rise up
I was hoping this was going to be more of a psilocybe series, not a food mushroom series
Let’s be real guys... he is definitely growing some cubes
Never thought I would watch a video about mushrooms, but I did. Interesting.
I am hoping i will watch a video on mushrooms some day
@@Considerers I guess we all have goals.
This is fascinating, but definitely above my gardening effort level. He makes it look easy but I'm sure it was a lot of work.
I really like this!! It’s really nice to see the results and even better that it also turned out tasty
"It almost like squeaks when you chomp it." - Cody, 2020
Videos like this really inspire me
U must be under 50....for some.reason when u start to slow down...and im in 80s....this makes u feel lazy...really lazy...tho i would really love some once....never had fresh ones. Where i live i could t keep any alive...so just as well its too much work...im going back to bed...the ccp.virus depression is worse than anything....i just want my hair done and scalp massaged ... given up hope on all.else....damn CHINA...
@@sislertx don't give up! :)
23:29 totally got me there I was about to comment on using wood spoons or forks
Great grow Cody! The one thing you should consider changing is your fruiting chamber, the humidity appears to be great with the current set-up, but the reason they're growing in such a weird way (long stems and elongated caps) is a high CO2 environment, they need a lot of fresh air, especially the Blue oyster. Those terrarium air humidifiers work fine, another thing you could do is put a fan in front of your fruiting chamber with a container full of water in front of it. The air that's pushed out of the fan picks up water particles along with it.
Definitely have been enjoying. Also enjoying your daily vlogs. Please try not to worry too much about videos like the gas one not going as planned. Honestly I'd love to watch videos of you explaining how things went wrong or where mistakes were made. You've got a knack for making just about anything interesting to watch and learn about.
I seldom use oil while cooking Oysters. They do very well dry-seared! Edit: try yourself a dry-sear and finish it off with a bit of melted butter (salt or no salt is up to you!) :D
I have aversion to mushrooms, but, it's a Cody's Lab video and it's impossible not to like it. Very nice series Cody keep being awesome dude!
As soon as I heard Cody say he was going to sautés his mushrooms, I thought “mmmmmmmm I could kill for some sautéed mushrooms rtn”
why is every video you make so interesting, like I dont care which topic it is I just watch it, keep it up
Bro, I grow mushrooms. I like to show my friends how to do it. We cooked some grain. My friend too a hair dryer and dried off the grain to be totally dry to the touch. I was like "DAM, hope that works!" We put it in bottles and it colonized faster than anything I had done before. He learned me good that day. It ended up working much better than I used to do it. Good work, keep it up.
Yesss. Great Idea for a series. Quick note. I've noticed you've been speaking less and you're less energized since your breakup a while ago. I might be full of crap though. Just know that your loving fans are here and will support you through everything 😁💋
Damn when did that happen? Did he talk about it in a video?
@@kafeh3300 may of 2019. Video's called "What's been going on with CodysLab?"
I think it would be interesting to see how much substrate the mushroom digests, in other words how much water and solid matter is a mushroom.
A mushroom is roughly 88-95% water weight for most species. Rule of thumb is multiply wet weight by .1 to see what dry weight will be close to if you don't know the specifics for that species.
I’d love to see a cost breakdown of this.
$20 for a good monotub AKA Rubbermaid storage tub, $20 for a bag of birdseed, $10 for syringes full of spores, $20 for a bag of bags, $50 for a bag sealer boom you're done. Oh yeah you need a good-sized pressure cooker. So add another fifty bucks for a presto 21 quart. Then months of learning why you keep getting contaminations.
@@skm9420 It's not like you have to buy all that stuff. There's many ways to grow mushrooms. Champion mushrooms don't taste much of anything. Then some are so full of flavour for example I use dried Yellowfoot/Winter Mushroom as a spice and it's delicious.
Great work for your first time fruiting!!! I’ve been upsessed with mushrooms for about a year now myself... my two cents, harvest sooner than later, and cook your mushrooms well!!! It will provide you with better flavor/ texture and will give you more nutrients, as the chitin breaks down more. You definitely didn’t cook those kings enough
I really love your content Cody, you actually inspire me to do more and be a more active maker (going into the family business of jewelry, and I dabble in things lol). Take good care of yourself though. Use cutlery...scrub your tub and bathroom tiles. Lots of love!
Cody's Mushrooms Part 3: Psilocybe cubensis
XDXDDD
The next week we get a new series "Cody explores the universe"
hope to see that one soon.
xDDDD
Only problem is it would give the Government another reason to come knocking at his door
20:10 those are the cutest meows i ever heard
Oohhh yes very sweet!!!!
That was practically an admission that you do use forks in teflon coated pans, so lets all complain anyway!
Wood is everywhere. Grab a branch, shave off the bark, turn the end into a vague spatula shape. Throw away cooking utensil. Anything but metal!
I find these mushroom videos to be unexpectedly fascinating. Keep it up Cody but don’t overwork your mind, your mental health is more important than my entertainment I assure you that. ♥️
These are one of my favorites. They are good in stir fry with oyster sauce or soy sauce and also Tom yum soups.