hey i do not hav access to any patty buy i hav a friend that would make tea out of shrooms and the they would take long grain brown rice and put it in the bottom of a mason ball jar wet the rice with the tea not a lot just enough to get it wet and put the lid on it and whem the sproes start popping up take and loosen the lid don't take it all the way off just lossen it up a lil and there you go he been doing the same process for about 8 years well good luck that would be better then messing with cow pattys!!!!!!!!!!!