(from July
12, 2009)
Sunday. Time to use up before 11:00 Bible study.
Sunday. Time to use up before 11:00 Bible study.
I really
was going to actually run this morning. But when I stumbled out into the hallway I met
Andy and Papa Jianwei looking very much as though they were up to something
(which they generally are whenever a person can see them both at the same time).
A bucket, a trash bag, and two pairs of vinyl gloves--what's this?
Mushroom hunting.
But no ordinary mushroom: The Mushroom of Immortality.
You can read about it here: The Mushroom of Immortality. It has many various and wonderful properties, including antifungal ones. The antifungus fungus. Amazing. For obvious reasons LZ (for its other name is Lingzhi) is highly treasured in China, where it is dried and brewed as a tea (for its other name means "herb of spiritual potency"). And Mama Xiuhua discovered it humbly growing on a tree on South Huntington!
Mushroom hunting.
But no ordinary mushroom: The Mushroom of Immortality.
You can read about it here: The Mushroom of Immortality. It has many various and wonderful properties, including antifungal ones. The antifungus fungus. Amazing. For obvious reasons LZ (for its other name is Lingzhi) is highly treasured in China, where it is dried and brewed as a tea (for its other name means "herb of spiritual potency"). And Mama Xiuhua discovered it humbly growing on a tree on South Huntington!
Actually it was devouring the tree, which isn't so
humble after all, but that's beside the point.
Well, it's not very often that one gets to harvest The Mushroom of Immortality. Jianwei had been beside himself with joy ever since discovering it. So I postponed the run and went with the apartment family to harvest this great treasure. There it was, all white and red and slimy, happily absorbing its host tree...Jianwei and Andy filled the bucket--Xiuhua made him pull all the little worms off first--and when we got home spread them out to dry. Soon we'll grind them up and brew them, and then hello, immortality!!!
Well, it's not very often that one gets to harvest The Mushroom of Immortality. Jianwei had been beside himself with joy ever since discovering it. So I postponed the run and went with the apartment family to harvest this great treasure. There it was, all white and red and slimy, happily absorbing its host tree...Jianwei and Andy filled the bucket--Xiuhua made him pull all the little worms off first--and when we got home spread them out to dry. Soon we'll grind them up and brew them, and then hello, immortality!!!
