Can you eat wood? (kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
 

I'm trying to resolve an argument.

EDIT: Yes, you can. But you can't digest it. The only edible parts of a tree are some specific types of tree bark. Thanks, everyone!

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago

Oh right, I just remembered that Norway did make something like "bark bread" in the past during famines, and that linked Wikipedia article says:

The inner bark is the only part of a tree trunk that is actually edible; the remaining bark and wood is made up of cellulose, which most animals, including humans, cannot digest.

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