Table Of ContentCooking with Magic
The Psilocybin Cookbook
By David Connell
Profusely illustrated
by Snowflake
With a Safety Introduction
by Erica Darragh
© copyright 2019 David Connell.
All rights reserved.
Names: Connell, David. | David Connell, Cooking with Magic: The Psilocybin
Cookbook.
Title: Cooking with Magic: The Psilocybin Cookbook. / David Connell.
Description: First Edition. | Knoxville : Cooking with Magic.
ISBN 978-0-9800553-4-4 (paperback)
Subjects: Cooking. | Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods.
BISAC: COOKING / Self Help. | SELF-HELP / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD | GSAFD: COOKING / Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods.
This book is dedicated to my partner, Branden Buck.
Thanks to Stephen, Tyler, and Patricia, my editorial, design, and
production team at for your guidance, support, and most of all
friendship.
Special thanks to my cousin, Steve, for guiding me throughout
my initial journeys with psychedelics, as well as countless others
who have supported our team during the creation of this book.
“I suppose I ought to
eat or drink something
or other; but the great
question is ‘What?’”
– Alice
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Harm Reduction and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Set and Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A Quick How-To-Do for Cooking with Fun-Guys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Chapter One: A Human History with Psilocybin . . . . . . . . . 12
Neolithic Man and his Mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Greek Mysteries and their Psychedelic Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fairies, Toadstools and Heroes of Ancient Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Viking Berserkers, Fueled by Trippy Truffl es?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Modern Man, our Relationship with
Magic Mushrooms, and How We Lost it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter Two: Researching
our Relationship with Psilocybin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Chapter Three: Microdosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
What Else Does Our Little Fungal Friend Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
So What Exactly is a Microdose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Chapter Four: Fun-Guys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
The Helpful Guide to Outdoor Leavemalones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Chapter Five: The Basic Necessities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Simple Mushroom Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Mushroom/Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Basic Mushroom Elixir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Stamets’ Blue Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Stamets’ Blue Lemonade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Chapter Six: Blend ‘Em or Brew ‘Em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Cubensis Coff ee to Start Your Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Refreshingly Cool Mint Lime Tea with Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Mushroom Toddy with Dried Lavender and Wildfl ower Honey . . . . .60
Ritual Cup Hot Chocolate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SSttaarr--SSiiddee FFuunnggii--cccciinnooss wwiitthh HHoonneeyy aanndd OOaatt MMiillkk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6644
Kickin’s Super Berry Watermelon and Lion’s Mane Smoothie . . . . . .66
Chapter Seven: Fantastic Treats
and How to Make Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Coco-Whip Topping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Perfectly Mushroomy Pumpkin Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Squigberry Tarts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fantastically Fudgy Fungi Truffl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Less Stress Lemon Lime Truffl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Kickin’ Key Lime and Fun-Guy Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Celestial Psilocybin Avocado Brownies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Cubensis Coff ee Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Mushroom Dusted Roast Brussels in Mustard Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Chapter Eight: Fungi-Forward Fare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Radical Risotto with Freshies and Shiitakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Magically Mushroomed Pot Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Funky Fungi with Sausage Plums and Greens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Chapter Nine: Cocktails, Concoctions and Potions . . . . . . .98
Azure Citrus Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Fairies Blush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Cubensis, Root and Rye Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Elven Mana Potion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Dragon’s Blood Martini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Chapter Ten: Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Jabberwocky: By Lewis Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Foreword
Cooking with Magic
As all mushroom fans know, eating little fun-guys,
as Branden and I like to call them, can be a trying
experience. As much as we love and appreciate them,
neither of us enjoy the sensation of chewing on dried
out, fi brous fungi stalks. Our experiences learning to
integrate small, measured quantities of shrooms into
food and drink inspired us to collaborate in our kitchen
on this defi nitive guide to cooking with shrooms.
We hope that it helps you experience your fun-guys in new, healthful
and meaningful ways. With that in mind, we have decided to make
all the recipes as health conscious as possible—while still being
delicious and a little indulgent from time to time. You’ll fi nd that
everything here has no added sugars and is lactose-free; we have
also included gluten-free substitutions throughout. Happy cooking,
and many best wishes as you embark on your journey with food and
fungi!
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