Well it depends on the shrooms you get,,, generally you will have the small round orangeish caps and grayish stems. When i get those i usually take 3 caps and 3 stems then smoke a blunt like 15 minutes after i eat the shrooms. Then i usually smoke again later on in the trip, but you might not need to. As for the taste, it usually doesnt bother me that much, they smell worse than they taste. But my friends usually spread the shrooms on a piece of pizza and eat them with that. Also make sure you have something in your stomach when you eat them.