Posted on 08/17/2023 3:48:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"I can tell you none of us were affected by the mushrooms," Yellen insisted to CNN.
America's chief macroeconomist accidentally microdosed on Chinese "magic mushrooms" last month. Well, sort of.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accidentally dined on hallucinogenic mushrooms on a recent diplomatic trip to China. However, she swears she didn't actually get high from the dish.
"There was a delicious mushroom dish. I was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties," Yellen told CNN's Erin Burnett. "I learned that later."
"I can tell you none of us were affected by the mushrooms," Yellen added. "I read that if the mushrooms were cooked properly, which I'm sure they were at this very good restaurant, that they have no impact. But all of us enjoyed the mushrooms…and none of us felt any ill effects."
The mushrooms, according to The Washington Post, are typically foraged by locals in the Yunnan province and prised for their "umami-laden and porcini-like" flavor, not their hallucinogenic properties.
"There's a difference in cultural attitude about the psychoactive effect — it's like the food itself is more important than this property," Colin Domnauer, a Ph.D. candidate who studies the mushrooms, told the Post.
A fascinating part about these specific mushrooms—whose name translates to "see hand blue"—is that scientists are yet to figure out what exact compound causes hallucinations in those who eat the undercooked fungi, leading to possibly untapped uses for medicine and psychotherapy.
According to the Post, publicity over Yellen's brush with the supposedly harmless mushrooms has led the dish to sell out in China, where the shrooms are served at multiple locations of a restaurant called "In and Out" (which, alas, is not related to the West-coast burger chain.)
This latest incident provides an amusing tale about the weirder sides of diplomacy—and perhaps distracts from Yellen's disastrous handling of the national debt. But if Yellen had ended up going on an unwanted trip, Reason thankfully has a nifty guide on how to take shrooms, and what to do if you end up taking a bit too much.
This story has been around since she went there. It’s bogus, too.
They are magic mushrooms, which contain psilocybin.
It’s not hallucinogenic either when used in the dish she ate.
Meaning, you have to prepare it certain way, or consume it with something else?
Another day, another Executive Branch member embarrassing the nation.
Excellent well done.
You know, even that’s not true. I was thinking that, but no.
That it’s hallucinogenic seems to be made up out if whole cloth.
There’s nothing about this mushroom being hallucinogenic or toxic.
I think someone made it up because actual “magic mushrooms” are blue and this mushroom gets blue bruises.
I did not think anyone would get it but several have. I must upgrade my opinion of FReeper intelligence. :)
I accidentally ate them about 25 times and never got high...
I thought the media blamed Yellen’s actions in bowing to the CCP official on the “magic” mushrooms. Now they say it had no effect on her. Which is it?
these specific mushrooms—whose name translates to "see hand blue"
Which Google translate says is: Kàn shǒu lán sè
For whatever that's worth (LOL)
The Latin name would be the clue. Ty.
How can anyone tell tis is normal for her
“I must upgrade my opinion of FReeper intelligence. :)”
Well ... maybe not “intelligence”, just a little more aware of “pop culture”.
She/it is such a lunatic tizzy that not even strong hallucinating drugs have absolutely no direct effect on she/it.
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