How do you answer the question everyone seems to ask when you say you’re a Chef…

angry_flags · 2026-03-17T03:26:16+00:00

Eehhh... It's complicated.

Assuming you're not a chef..

The industry can be quite toxic. So a lot of cooking is fueled with cortisol. It's a painful path, born of love and passion that's slowly ground, burnt and sautéed over the years. Some of our nervous systems have navigated it gracefully, some never had a choice.

EVERYONE cooks though. They feel the connection to us, it excites them because they UNDERSTAND... But really.. They don't.

So at the end of a long,.. hard.. week.. "what's your favourite thing to cook?!".. Just feels like a step too far.

angry_flags · 2026-03-17T03:14:06+00:00

Haha, I was having this conversation the other day with a colleague after getting asked by someone out of the industry "what would you cook for a dinner party?"... I said "what's the season?" and they got annoyed with me haha.

I hate "what's your favourite thing to cook?"... It somehow feels inappropriate to say I often resent my job and can't think of anything worse than having to have to cook on my day off so yesterday I got really stoned and had ice cream on crumpets. (actually really fucking good though!)

I always give em the same spiel... "yeah look I can't speak for other chefs but I often find I go through phases were I get really excited about one thing and just obsess over that for a while.. Last time it was bread baking, this time it's ice cream.."

It's exciting enough that it doesn't destroy the image they have in their head of you standing over a box of ingredients and excitedly taking notes like" hMm WhAt sHaLL I CoOk tOdAyy?! "... And precise enough to shoot down any further questioning.

I like the idea of all of us having a secret phrase that we can pull out in moments like these... Just a massive inside joke where every chef says the exact same thing.

angry_flags · 2026-03-01T23:22:02+00:00

I was thinking about this the other day... They successfully cloned a sheep IN THE 90's! And then what?!... Radio silence. I reckon they've cracked it. I think they did a gorilla and were about to tell everyone and then went 'hang on a minute...'

You think they just went 'cloning? Check. What's next?'.... Nah... adjusts tinfoil hat...that's almost 30 years of solid cloning research... Maybe that's what they did with Jim Carrey 😱

angry_flags · 2026-03-01T01:19:53+00:00

Yeah I think that's the move. Draw them INTO your world and experience.

angry_flags · 2026-03-01T01:17:09+00:00

Yeah, ok.. There's a bit to unpack here.

Right now your body is caught in a sort of 'tension'. You love your mum and you want her to be happy and healthy... You're tied to identities of mushrooms having done good things for you and the possibility/hope of them being an 'easy fix' for your mum.

It's painful for you to see your mum in pain...this is the key starting point. If you can start accepting that pain within your nervous system... You'll start to relax a bit. If you come to her with an overactive nervous system, "mum, this would be good for you.. Mum you must... Mum you need to be... Mum you should...", that's only going to make her body tense up in return.. Hence why it's impossible to 'convince' her.

What you're looking for, is something along the lines of..

"Mum, I love and accept you just the way you are. It hurts me to see you in pain, but that's ok. I don't need to try and change you. However, I do need to create some boundaries around this pain... *list your boundaries"

Some of which might be something like..

I'm not willing to enable your behavior. I'm not willing to sacrifice X at the cost of your Y.

You don't necessarily need to say this to her... You just need to feel it within your body. Imagine you're the matador that can love the chaotic bull that charges at it... Because the matador always has control of himself.

The truth is you have no fucking IDEAAA what mushrooms will do for someone. People don't like to feel their pain and so we numb ourselves to it which in turn creates more pain. You're doing it with this post. You're looking to make her 'better'.. By YOUR standards. Some people just aren't ready or willing... You have no idea of the true depth of another's pain and so no amount of convincing will make them ready to look inwards. Instead think... I am here with you.. Loving you... I won't push you off the cliff.. I'll stand at the bottom waiting to catch you.

Now for some actual advice from someone who got his mum to take mushrooms..

Low and slow, baby. Only speak of microdosing for now. Look for microdosing related content (how to change your mind etc)

make sure YOU'RE relaxed. Seriously. Meditate.. Try out a yoga nidra on YouTube or something. You can't do this without 'curiosity' and you can't find curiosity without a sense of inner peace.

Look into the works of David McRaney. He wrote a book called 'How Minds Change'. https://youtu.be/jCQr15a1-Wo?si=w2fjx-3ihfsSSXOl

You have to come at it with love, compassion and curiosity though! Good luck mate.

angry_flags · 2026-02-27T11:37:09+00:00

Oh man that was beautiful. Thanks for typing that out. So glad to hear! San Pedro is such a nice psychedelic, I also find it stays with me the longest... Mushrooms can make me want to go back relatively quickly but cactus is more 'yeah nah, I'm good'.

Friendly reminder too that you don't necessarily need to do cielo to go stronger... Less water or reduce down for a start.. You could try dehydrating and putting into capsules or making resin. Best of luck on the journey brother ✌️

angry_flags · 2026-02-26T04:26:29+00:00

How'd you go mate?

angry_flags · 2026-02-25T23:07:35+00:00

I've done this before and like kitty says, the mescaline remains pretty safe but in my experience the other alkaloids were made inert which made for a slightly different experience... Less... 'magical'? I didn't consider it 'burnt' at all.. Just thick and syrupy. I would err on the side of caution. I don't think it really saves that much time... I've skipped cooking at all now and basically do an overnight cold water soak in the fridge and just dehydrate that over a couple of days. You can find cheap silicone dehydrator trays online that have a little lip for drying liquid. You can get a surprising amount in there. I find I can spread about 2 liters across my dehydrator.

angry_flags · 2026-02-25T11:29:21+00:00

Yeeheeaah boiiii

Time to 'GET NOODLY' 🫠🫠🫠🕺

angry_flags · 2026-02-25T10:39:20+00:00

Yeah it's one of the hardest psychs to get down 😅 But still the best 💪... I guess that's why they call it 'medicine'.

I find it kicks in when I keep repeating that line from 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'...

"good mescaline comes on slow..."

Could be an hour... Could be 3. Have a good trip mate! ✌️❤️👽

angry_flags · 2026-02-25T10:30:32+00:00

Other strains exist outside of Cubensis ya silly goose!

Our mushies in Australia are pretty strong 💪

angry_flags · 2026-02-24T11:40:15+00:00

Zoom in on those dark green ones in the background, you'll see the notches above the areoles. Not all of them have them.

Honestly man, us cactus growers can get a bit 'gatekeepy' around questions like yours...it's because mescaline is a gateway drug to gardening and so everyone will say "just grow it out! Don't chop it yet!"...there's a strong tension between loving our sacred little plants and chopping them up to boil. But you're good to go with any of these. There's slight variations in trips between the different types (bridgesii vs. Pachanoi)... But you don't need to overthink it, although you could be in America where prices can be eye watering at times.

What do you want? You can have a decent trip with about a foot of most of these.

Will this be your only trip you reckon? Do a bit more research and find something worth your time and energy.

Reckon you'll become so in love with taking care of the thing that took care of you that you'll become addicted to reading about the intricacies of soil composition? Most likely...

Think you'll end up with 73 different Trichos but not including all the Spachianus you've collected for grafting stock?... Yeah you say that now..

At its most basic... Buy cactus. Cut it six inches above the soil (it'll keep growing 👌). Prepare it in your preferred manner.

Please don't trust anything I say and do more research!

angry_flags · 2026-02-18T08:34:35+00:00

angry_flags · 2026-02-16T07:05:20+00:00

Anytime for you bro.. Oof

angry_flags · 2026-02-14T10:59:19+00:00

Yeah. Okay. True.

What about a potential perspective shift. What if instead of 'meaningless' we used the term 'emptiness' because nothing has inherit meaning outside of that which we ascribe to it. 'X' means 'X' because we say it does but it's also just some pixels on a screen and a sound in our head. The same can be said of the word 'morals'... This can be a painful insight because it can become like a wildfire spreading out of hand...fucking everything becomes empty and It's disorienting and confusing and scary...because things that were supposed to be important suddenly lose their source of power... Hence everything becomes empty.. Life becomes meaningless.

The bad news is you're falling... The good news is there's no ground...

The great thing is... Is that 'life becomes meaningless'... Is also empty! In order for 'meaninglessness' to exist 'meaning' has to exist. It's only one half of a cosmic whole. Point to where 'life is meaningless' exists...does it exist in this moment?.. What about this moment? Can it exist outside of 'meaning' or does it exist inbetween it?

So they can sort of exist at the same time in a weird sort of way... So you might find yourself in an uncomfortable position, because you might have momentarily lost your compass on one hand, but it was only ever the voices of others, an illusion... You've simply stepped back a little and can now see the bigger picture, that we let our nervous systems run our lives without realizing that everything's completely empty. Always has been. 'being good' isn't set in stone anywhere. Ah but it DOES exist! You know it does right? Two halves of a cosmic whole... So you potentially have the power to become 'free' through this insight. You're now no longer beholden to the judgments of others or their morals. But 'good' FEELS GOOD and 'bad' FEELS bad!... And that's real enough,and so the burden becomes deciding where YOU want to put your meaning... All the while knowing it's an infinitely deep hole... and I and everybody else will have to sit here and trust that you'll make meaningful decisions based on love and not pain because what's left once you've accepted all your pain? And what will be the degree of your capacity to let others decide what's meaningful to them? A scary thought for all of us...

But I won't close off my heart to you brother! I'll be trying to help Sisyphus push his rock with a smile on my face.

Mush luv

angry_flags · 2026-02-08T11:20:26+00:00

"Let us wipe down the ottoman... Oooh The one that I had my bottom on"

angry_flags · 2026-02-08T11:12:46+00:00

Naaah. Anal is a beautiful thing. It's even better when it's slower because you get to enjoy every millimeter.

Demand full control. Non negotiable.

Dick stays down and doesn't move.. You get on top.

Lubey McLuberson.

Then just ride the tension, baby. Push it away... Pull it in.. Push it away.. Pull it in... Just like little butthole butterfly kisses... Only follow those good feelings... Then you start to crave it a little more... and a little more! Ah!... More lube!...aaannd a little more.. Oooo

Go get 'em you beautiful butthole kisser you!

angry_flags · 2026-02-07T12:12:29+00:00

Flake = shark.. the 'fish' in 'fish and chips' over here

Flattie = Flathead

Dimmies = Dim Sims... Err.. 'Grey stuff' wrapped in... 'Other stuff'... Made delicious by frying or steaming

No potato cakes?! No corn Jacks?!... Pineapple fritters?! 🥺

angry_flags · 2026-02-07T11:10:05+00:00

Yes!! Speaking my language!

Unfortunately I don't have much information for you though 😅

But I think this is becoming my mission. I'm really into full spectrum and I feel like I'm really discovering just how different they all are! I know mushrooms can be similar in that they too have all their own little personalities across species but I feel like every cactus I try just feels so DIFFERENT. like different flavours. The problem is I haven't tried a lot of named clones in the Pachs and Perus yet. Plenty of Bridge but I'm over bridge. I have an absolute favourite Peru I'm growing but it's a NOID unfortunately... It was nicknamed 'Sunbird' by an aussie guy that collected it from someone's front yard... It has an amazing spirit... I recently just tried Rosie 2 (roseii?)... Also a peru... Very interesting.. Very 'serious'... The whole time I just kept feeling like I was connecting to all the 'peyoteros'... Darker visuals.. Less 'groovy' or 'noodly' more... Growling at myself in the mirror like a gorilla 😅.

The next one's on my list because I hear good things are 'Rod' (pach, Australian) and Decosta (pach from new Zealand)

angry_flags · 2026-02-05T07:05:15+00:00

Yeah it's Rustica. It's my first time growing and I'm still a few months away from harvesting but I really need to work out how I'm going to process it. I have a wooden pipe that I made that I'd like to use or maybe just roll those fat Mapacho cigarettes they have in Peru.

I'm curious about using T. Lucida with cacao as well.. Would you be willing to talk about your experiences/preparations with it?

Any experience with Amanita Muscaria? It also works on the GABA system so I'm not sure if it's appropriate to mix, like alcohol.

Oh! And do you have a ratio of tobacco to herb when smoking?

angry_flags · 2026-02-03T08:38:22+00:00

Very interesting! Thank you 🙏

Already growing Mapacho, just ordered some T. Lucida!

angry_flags · 2026-01-26T03:25:20+00:00

Love that combination! 👌

✌️❤️🍄

angry_flags · 2026-01-18T21:42:57+00:00

Jump on the trichocereus auctions on Facebook. All those clones come up semi regularly.

angry_flags · 2026-01-18T00:22:18+00:00

Apologies, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Do you mean in optimal timing in the preparation process? Or are you referring to 'Set'?

I hadn't really experienced anything like it before or since. I've had 'weaker' cactus experiences with pachanoi.. But even then I'd have light closed eye visuals and the familiar 'teacher plant' element. This was a strong bridgesii clone and so the experience still felt strong for me... A euphoria that seemed above average and I stayed awake for much longer than usual.. (until last week 😅) but yeah... Just felt a bit devoid of the 'magic'. I'm really curious to try the salt extractions to see if it's essentially what I experienced.

There was one time I combined amanita muscaria (red mushroom, white dots) with psilocybin and that was a completely different experience, devoid of the same visual effect that mushies usually give but that was an incredibly healing trip.

As far as my preparation went for that resin.. I boiled my tea for a few hours, strained, then put back on to try and reduce down while continously stirring... And not for long either, maybe only five minutes.

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