Comments on: The Jew’s Ear Juice

By: Abraham Stubenhaus

Abraham Stubenhaus — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:57:35 +0000

Of all the juice drinks I've had, my favorite is, "Confucius' Belly Button Lint Juice."

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:57:49 +0000

Id' love a Jew's Ear Juice bottle opener!! Could you get a few and pop it on ebay?

LOL @ Da Juice and Brad!

By: CherylT

CherylT — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:03:37 +0000

This is so awesome. A comment from my own blog pointed me here. Your article is so informative and well-written. Thanks for clearing up the mystery of the "Jew's ear."

By: Mat Board

Mat Board — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:31:36 +0000

Wow, I've never heard of such a thing. It sounds ridiculous and racist but I guess it's just what they call that mushroom. I'm definitely going to send this around to some of my friends, lol.

By: Charles Webber

Charles Webber — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:15:19 +0000

We have a very common, purplish vine ground weed in California called the wandering Jew. It could make a nice drink but I doubt it since people are so aunty-Semitic.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:17:53 +0000

I am looking at that picture of the fungus and at my dad's ears and the similarities are glaring. If there was gray hair coming out of the bottom of the fungus you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The Chinese might be on to something, maybe I'll try sucking my wife's ear...

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:30:59 +0000

The name "Jew's Ear" comes from the claim, somewhere in history, that Judas' biblical hanging caused the trees to grow with his ears. (jewish and judas have the same root)

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:12:12 +0000

Is there any chance that the name, rather than actually referring to the mushroom that is being used, is an attempt to render the phrase, The Jucier Juice, which goes with some juice, I don't recall which, in the U.S.?

By: da juice

da juice — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:01:36 +0000

i just harvested some atheist ear juice, but then i threw the q-tip away.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:36:03 +0000

Andita: "jew's ear" is the name of the fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) it is made from. (The Latin name means "ear of Judas"--apparently because it grows on elder trees, which is the kind of tree Judas Iscariot hanged himself from).

I suspect it's not "Buddhist's ear" or such because *that* would sound unappetizing.