It’s always worth it to eat ‘shrooms… for me. I like ’em in soups, stews, pizza, sandwiches, enchiladas and quesadillas, added to steamed or boiled veggies, sizzled and served over meat or over toast… and thin sliced into salads. So far, I’m still (nominally) human… but I’m willing to push the limits to see what happens!
Jason, you….(sigh) ok, how is it that you know your video games, but you don’t know The Last Of Us lore? So incredibly smart, yet so incredibly stupid, this boy. Love him, but….gah!
You need the fungi from “Matango”. Or from the original short story “The Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson. (Highly recommended for Halloween!) If you want to go more obscure, there’s “The Fungus” by Harry Adam Knight (pen name of John Brosnan & Roy Kettle) which had a recent reprint. >
The trick to cooking mushrooms well is to dry fry them with a touch of salt, covered for the first minute or two, then uncovered until the liquid dries up. Then brown them with a light dusting of thyme. Finally, stir in a bit of oil or butter, and use them however you want.
They sell supplements made of cortyceps, the same fungus responsible for the monsters in The Last of Us. Maybe Jason could try some of those. Like he said, it’s worth a shot.
He may have to settle for becoming a Matango aka “Attack of the Mushroom People,” a 1963 film from Japan. Inspired by a William Hope Hodgson short story The Voice in the Night.
I need a burrito 9 months ago
Oh cool no comments yet
Concretionist 9 months ago
It’s always worth it to eat ‘shrooms… for me. I like ’em in soups, stews, pizza, sandwiches, enchiladas and quesadillas, added to steamed or boiled veggies, sizzled and served over meat or over toast… and thin sliced into salads. So far, I’m still (nominally) human… but I’m willing to push the limits to see what happens!
thevideostoreguy 9 months ago
Must have played the game. Andy undoubtedly isn’t letting him watch the show.
mccollunsky 9 months ago
Looks like he was having fungus.
Kroykali 9 months ago
Today’s classic FoxTrot Sunday strip:
https://www.gocomics.Com/foxtrot/2002/10/13
comic4matt 9 months ago
Pretty sure Paige sees him as some kind of fungus…
Zykoic 9 months ago
Spore kid.
knutdl 9 months ago
“Mushroom People” found in the Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Bros).
hariseldon59 9 months ago
Another show I’ve never heard of before.
Arbitrary 9 months ago
Someone apparently grew cortyceps on their own skin and blood cells. WHY WOULD YOU EVER DO THAT?!
Acworthless 9 months ago
He’s hoping to turn into a real fungi.
TwilightFaze 9 months ago
Jason, you….(sigh) ok, how is it that you know your video games, but you don’t know The Last Of Us lore? So incredibly smart, yet so incredibly stupid, this boy. Love him, but….gah!
SKJAM! Premium Member 9 months ago
You need the fungi from “Matango”. Or from the original short story “The Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson. (Highly recommended for Halloween!) If you want to go more obscure, there’s “The Fungus” by Harry Adam Knight (pen name of John Brosnan & Roy Kettle) which had a recent reprint. >
Serial Pedant 9 months ago
Try smokin’ ‘em…you’ll see some new tastes.
P51Strega 9 months ago
Dig a little deeper into the mushroom family, Jason. You’ll have much better success with ring worm & athletes’ foot.
NCGalFromNJ 9 months ago
I had to look that up.
Old Time Tales Premium Member 9 months ago
We need dailies, Bill. Folks are losing touch, read the comments.
Charles 9 months ago
The trick to cooking mushrooms well is to dry fry them with a touch of salt, covered for the first minute or two, then uncovered until the liquid dries up. Then brown them with a light dusting of thyme. Finally, stir in a bit of oil or butter, and use them however you want.
bluegirl285 9 months ago
They sell supplements made of cortyceps, the same fungus responsible for the monsters in The Last of Us. Maybe Jason could try some of those. Like he said, it’s worth a shot.
ladykat 9 months ago
Gallant effort, Jason.
dgaietto22 9 months ago
Great game.
yangeldf 9 months ago
ah, I thought he was trying to grow like Mario, kids these days and their zombie games…
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 months ago
Jason Fox is a method actor when it comes to Halloween costumes. Andy is just grateful he’s something that qualifies as a vegetable.
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member 9 months ago
He may have to settle for becoming a Matango aka “Attack of the Mushroom People,” a 1963 film from Japan. Inspired by a William Hope Hodgson short story The Voice in the Night.
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 9 months ago
They do say, “You are what you eat.”
dv1093 9 months ago
I love stuffed mushrooms.
dbrucepm 9 months ago
so there’ll be a fungus among us, how mushroom will it need
John Jorgensen 9 months ago
I like mushrooms.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 9 months ago
Now I need to buy mushrooms and cheese
mepowell 9 months ago
When I was a child, a favorite book was The Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet.
T... 9 months ago
Athletes foot alert; fungus infection…
ZarPaulus 9 months ago
Andy should be happy he’s finally eating (somewhat) healthy.
minty_Joe 9 months ago
What if they were of the hallucinogenic kind? Those might for sure turn Jason into a fungus monster.
M.K.Staffeld 9 months ago
Surprised some of Andi’s cooking hasn’t turned Jason or Paige or Roger into a fungus monster…
win.45mag 9 months ago
that’ll get ’im a date with eileen
rgcviper 9 months ago
My dad likes neither mushrooms nor eggs. Therefore, people often tease him about eating mushroom omelettes.
Asharah 9 months ago
In Maryland stuffed mushroom caps are buried in crab meat
ElJorro 9 months ago
Put on Peter’s socks Jason. I’m sure you will catch a fungus!
john_chubb 9 months ago
Domesticated ‘shrooms won’t do the job, Jason.
You gotta go find the wild ’shrooms . . . outside . . . in the woods (or lawn).
Look for the ones that look just like the ones in Mario Brothers video games. Red with white spots all over the top.
Those will definately turn you into a fungus monster – or make you think you did, anyway!
The Unauthorized Account of Reinhold Messner 9 months ago
Yay a comic on my Birthday
iGrumpy 9 months ago
There’s a fungus amungus…"
iGrumpy 9 months ago
I always loved (still do ..) mushrooms grilled in butter. IMHO, ambrosia of the gods…