Bacteria Culture and Fungi
Written on Jun 2, 2026
People are fickle. They'll eat or drink something created from bacteria culture without a second thought, and they'll eat a fungus without hesitation. The same people will turn their nose up at something like dried fish or balut (both Filipino cuisines).
I don't like most yogurt products, and I don't like probiotics like Yakult. Yakult is a popular drink with the children in my little corner of the Philippines. Even my younger son, Jon, likes it (although he hasn't lived in the Philippines for almost 14 years).
I've tasted it and can only describe it as non-palatable, to put it mildly.
Yogurt and Probiotics and Bacteria Culture
Yakult isn't yogurt, but it's made in much the same way. Yogurt is the bacterial fermentation of milk. Yakult is a probiotic dairy product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of bacteria. Yogurt is semi-solid, while Yakult is liquid.
Plain yogurt doesn't have much of a taste to it. That's why people add other things, like fruit. My older grandson, Joshua, used to love the Yoplait brand of yogurt when he was young. I don't know if he still does.
The only yogurt I could ever stomach was the frozen yogurt of TCBY sold like ice cream. It's probably been 25 years or more since I had a waffle cone filled with their chocolate-flavored yogurt.
Mushrooms are Fungi
Fungi, fungus, whatever, but they're not bacteria or a bacteria culture. They're parasites. A mushroom and a toadstool are the same thing. If they're edible, people call them mushrooms. If they're not, they call them toadstools. Some are poisonous, and if you want to be safe, buy them or grow your own.
I like mushrooms when they're used as an ingredient. By themselves, they don't have much of a taste to them. I like mushroom soup, mushroom gravy, and mushrooms on burgers (bacon, mushrooms, and cheese). I've never tried to eat magic mushrooms (or shrooms).
It doesn't matter if they're legal or not. I don't want a psychedelic or mystical experience. If I ever do partake, it will be purely accidental and probably someone else's fault.
I've never tried to eat or smoke peyote either. It's another psychoactive plant I want no part of. Luckily, it isn't native to any place I've ever lived (that I'm aware of).
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