Posted on 08/17/2023 7:31:31 AM PDT by Brilliant
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accidentally eating magic mushrooms in China was not on anyone's 2023 bingo card.
Last month, while discussing diplomacy overseas, Yellen dined at a restaurant during a visit to Beijing called Yi Zuo Yi (In and Out), a chain known for a Yunnan dish containing mushrooms called jian shou qing which means "see hand blue" in a rough translation.
However, Lanmaoa asiatica mushrooms (the mushrooms that are used in the dish) are not your average fungi — they're known to have hallucinogen properties and turn blue when pressure is applied to them.
Yellen didn't know this before consuming her dish, she told CNN, noting that she also did not order for the group nor have a clear understanding of what she was consuming.
"There was a delicious mushroom dish. I was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties. I learned that later," she said. "All of us enjoyed the mushrooms, the restaurant, and none of us felt any ill effects from having eaten them…"
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Since the mushroom story keeps popping up, I wonder what story they are keeping out of the headlines.
I told myself to quit drinking, but I’ve made it a rule to never listen to drunks. (J/k I don’t drink)
Sad when your normal state of mind is hallucination.
“I was not aware”
She didn’t notice the difference because she’s permanently in some kind of trance.
No ill effects but we couldn’t stop laughing hysterically for 5 hours. 😏
I agree entirely.
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