Dinner Conversation at My House

12 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak June 21st, 2006 in blog

Me: Oh, these mushrooms are amazing with this steak!

Blaine: Actually, mushrooms are made to go with steak.

Me: They probably don’t have much in the way of nutritive value, huh?

Bill: Nah, I don’t think so. [slight pause while chewing] They do bioaccumulate cesium, though.

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1 dsnight Jun 20th, 2006 at 9:37 pm

Snort!
2 templarwolf Jun 20th, 2006 at 9:43 pm

ROFLMAO

Sadly, that conversation will never happen in my household. I have yet to convince my new wife that mushrooms are a good thing to eat…
3 cpolk Jun 20th, 2006 at 9:45 pm

actually, mushrooms are low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. They are also a good source of Protein, Folate, Magnesium and Zinc, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Selenium.

(i love http://www.nutritiondata.com)
4 deannahoak Jun 20th, 2006 at 10:01 pm

Heh. Yeah, I looked up the stats before I posted. Had to tell the story accurately, though, or it wouldn’t have been funny. :-)

I was surprised they have so much nutrition! I had always figured they were just yummy fluff. :-)
5 aqeldroma Jun 20th, 2006 at 10:24 pm

Hey there! I added you–just wanted to introduce myself. Editor/New Yorker/Con administration here. I added you because you are virtually the only other person who has Pyr as an interest. (And a quick glance made it apparent that it was for the Prometheus imprint, too!) It’s a pleasure to meet you.
6 readwrite Jun 21st, 2006 at 12:20 am

You know, I studied mushroom identification for a whole semester, but I never knew this. As far as nutrients, I think Mg is the main one…
7 dave_bara Jun 21st, 2006 at 1:55 am

Look, all I know is that my doggies eat them in the yard and then go explosive, if you know what I mean…

Vile things, except for maybe the button ones with a steak… but IMO asparagus goes better…

db
8 deannahoak Jun 21st, 2006 at 7:09 am

Hi. It’s a pleasure to meet you, too. :-) I do a lot of copyediting for Pyr. Are you a fan of the imprint in general?
9 aqeldroma Jun 21st, 2006 at 7:59 am

It’s what I read for fun, mostly. I’m trying to specialize in proofing/ce’ing game rulebooks in my off-time.
10 allochthon Jun 21st, 2006 at 1:03 pm

I’d love to have a chance to say “They do bioaccumulate cesium, though.” Awesome.
11 barbarienne Jun 22nd, 2006 at 2:15 pm

What does it mean, to “bioaccumulate cesium”?
12 deannahoak Jun 22nd, 2006 at 2:43 pm

He mentioned the mushrooms around Chernobyl.

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Deanna I'm a freelance copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. SF/F novels I have copyedited have been finalists for (and have sometimes won) the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Endeavour, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I became the first and only copyeditor ever short-listed for a World Fantasy Award.

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