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Originally Posted by s9ann0
I new someone that got a piece of paper and folded it with the shrooms in and folded that over a radiator and left it for a while
I think you are suppossed to be gentle on them because the psyclowhatever it is goes bad if you heat them too much
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Ok lets really simplify this for the Macgyver challenged. You have shrooms and want them dried now.
Get a small or large fan, Box fans are ideal but lets assume you do not have one and just some piece of crap round style fan.
Pop the cover off of such fan. So it is no longer dome shaped.
Next look around your house for something that is about the same size that will allow air flow. If its a box fan consider borrowing two or your heating or AC filters for a bit. Otherwise just find something that allows airflow. Maybe a small piece of cardboard that you have pierced the living hell out of with a pokey stick or something. Still nothing, ok grab some paper towels or coffee filters. Though if using those you will need some sort of brace to prevent them from hitting the blades.
Next attach brace or your flat cardboard over the fan. Place your mushrooms on this flat surface. Cover with a dishtowel. Secure everything with some bungee cords, rubber bands, string, whatever. PS if you did have a box fan, two air filters and two bungee cords. Do not remove cover. Just lay filter on fan, mushrooms, next filter, attach bungee's over filters and onto fan.
Turn fan upright again and turn on high. Let it run for awhile.
Can you wait a day and have a gas oven.
Lay mushrooms on a wire cooling rack or something metal that allows air flow.
Place on bottom rack of oven.
Close door and check in the morning. The pilot light should provide enough warmth to dry them out.
In hurry and have gas oven, same process, middle rack, set oven to warm.
Willing to try a more scientific yet fast approach. Go to a craft store like Michael's, find the silica drying agent powders. Follow instructions and just make sure you clean off the mushrooms very well when done. Sure your about to eat something poisonous regardless but no reason to add to it right?