Teepee Time

Today was the perfect day to get out a good ol' roll of "teepee" and put it to use! My family enjoys making things from scratch whether it be a warm loaf of bread or homemade hand lotion. For Christmas we received a mushroom grow kit. It seemed pretty cool until we pulled out a roll of toilet paper for the mushrooms to grow on...

First things first, this is teepee not toilet paper. This is very important to remember. The people who wrote the directions take this seriously. Take your teepee and place it somewhere where it can drain. The directions also stressed that it should probably be somewhere sanitary.

Next, saturate the toilet paper, excuse me, teepee with boiling water. (Do not saturate it by dunking it in the toilet, big no no).

Be brave and show the world your stellar photography skills.

Let your teepee cool. Handling your  teepee before it has cooled could be a safety hazard. This is wise advice because you wouldn't want to have to explain this to your ER doctor.

Stuff your saturated teepee in the special filter bag.

Retrieve your mushroom spores which look suspiciously like seeds,

and dump them into your teepee tube.

Seal the bag.

Tie a bow on top and give it to your favorite person.

The last part was made up, but it probably should be added to the list of directions. Oh the fun you could have giving this gift away!

Place the bag in a dark place for three weeks.

The best part about all of this? After you harvest your mushrooms, you can reuse the toilet paper and do it again. The fact that "reuse" and "toilet paper" are together in the same sentence is what really won me over about this whole thing. Now, who's ready to come eat some toilet paper mushrooms?