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I hope so. It's such an efficient source of food.

• formerkrogemp 4y ago
  Short shelf life. Hard to grow. Prone, ironically, to decomposition. Genetics are tricky. Specialized skillsets and knowledge and equipment often necessary for cultivation. Is it more efficient than raising tasty beef? Sure. Does it still taste great? Oh yes. Is it efficient? I guess it depends on what kind of efficiency you're aiming for. I've grown oyster mushrooms multiple times before at home, and it can be difficult, rewarding, frustrating, and fun. YMMV.
• tootie 4y ago
  By what metric? Aren't they pretty deficient in nutrition? Like you'd need to eat several kilos to get 2000 calories.
  • Iwan-Zotow 4y ago
    (relatively) high protein content?
    • InitialLastName 4y ago
      The mushrooms in question have (roughly) 2.24g of protein per 100g[0]. Recommended daily protein for an adult man is 54g [1]. That leaves you needing to eat 2.4 kg of mushrooms every day just to achieve the protein requirements. As a comparison, you can achieve the same protein with 450g of egg[2] or tofu[3], or 200g of beef[4]. [0] https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169242/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169242/n... [1] https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans-2020-2025.pdf https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2021-0... [2] https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/748967/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/748967/n... [3] https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174291/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174291/n... [4] https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/746758/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/746758/n...
      • Schroedingersat 4y ago
        You're comparing raw mushrooms to cooked, lean beef and appear to have cherry picked the lower protein common variety of tofu (instead of the higher protein calcium set variety which is equally common or much more common where I live). If I use similarly misleading choices from the same dataset I could 'support' beef being lower protein than tofu by comparing cooked calcium set tofu to raw fatty mince. Or similarly, dried mushrooms would only require 600g or so (whilst also covering most of your energy needs). At 4-6ish % by mass when cooked, mushrooms are decent, but not really higher than most plant sources. Great source of many micronutrients though and complement tofu/beans well.
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  • xbar 4y ago
    Calories per ton of CO2.