White Gold (2015)

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Post by wallflower » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 12:39 PM UTC

White Gold (2015)
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Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by mc32 » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 4:57 AM UTC

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by sudouser » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 5:39 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

thanks, reminded me of a quite funny old japanese show about how a family got one piece, and how prized it was, specially for the kid , who ends up eating it and not sharing a bit !

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by kqr » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

Also used for rhodiated or palladiated gold-as-in-the-element-aurum.

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by ableal » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:32 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

> hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber

I thought of the alloy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_gold#White_gold - and the wiki disambiguation page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Gold ) also misses the cotton reference.

It does exist abundantly, but seems mostly to be used in cotton producing countries ...

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by jasonkostempski » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:42 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

I thought it was going to be about cocain.

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by nicheasta » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 12:11 PM UTC

In the area that I live there are plenty of eatable mushrooms but sadly none like that. I wonder how it actually tastes but wouldn't ever pay so much for a mushroom

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by mc32 » Sat, Jul 14, 2018, 5:12 AM UTC

kqr wrote: post #4

mc32 wrote: post #2

This is about a sought-after white mushroom, prized in Japan for infusing dishes with nuances flavors, but it hijacks a term that's been used since antiquity to refer to cotton fiber... Interesting none the less.

Also used for rhodiated or palladiated gold-as-in-the-element-aurum.

Sure, I think that's more a literal meaning, rather than the metaphorical sense the article was going for. As a metaphor, it's more common and way longer associated with king cotton.

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by mchahn » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 2:32 AM UTC

Why isn't something so valuable farmed? I have seen great mushroom farms in abandoned tunnels in Pennsylvania.

P.S. Great photos.

Re: White Gold (2015)

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Post by yongjik » Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

mchahn wrote: post #9

Why isn't something so valuable farmed? I have seen great mushroom farms in abandoned tunnels in Pennsylvania. P.S. Great photos.

It's not for lack of trying. Whoever finds out how to farm these mushrooms will be filthy rich.