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Edible Wood (mander.xyz)

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[-] s@piefed.world 156 points 5 months ago

Wait until OP finds out about cinnamon

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 5 months ago

Any wood is edible if you puverize it...

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wait till they learn about Kraft Parmesan “cheese”. We call it sawdust at dinner.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Cellulose (a filler) is sawdust and found in the ingredients of the above item.

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[-] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

I dar you to eat pulverized Hevea brasiliensis.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

And snortable!

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

But can it be boofed?

Title of my new YouTube channel called it.

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[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Or bamboo

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

Instructions unclear domesticated the Wild Jungle Cock.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

But then it's Domesticated City Cock!

[-] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

That's grass

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 6 points 5 months ago

Grass is trees.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

Heart of palm as well

[-] Pistcow@lemmy.world 96 points 5 months ago

All trees are edible if youre not a little bitch.

[-] Maroon@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago

birch

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[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The fruit of this tree are edible raw or cooked. Although if eaten raw, the skin must be scored for some time in order to release a copious latex.

The wood of the yacaratiá tree is served as a delicacy in Argentinian restaurants. The wood is soaked in honey or syrup and is also available in chocolate bonbons or in flavored jams with sawdust. The wood is soft and fibrous and the taste has been compared to chestnuts.

Reminds me of that YouTuber that keeps turning wood into ice cream.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

NileRed, I assume?

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Isn't that another? I remember a Youtuber who made living rat neurons play DOOM. He also made meat leaves, btw. And socks from milk.

[-] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

That's the Thought Emporium

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago

This YouTuber was the one I had in mind but NileRed is another great one.

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The next paragraph adds the explanation, why its wood is edible:

Although most wood is indigestible to humans due to the high lignin content, the yacaratiá tree is only around 10% cellulose while the rest is mostly water with very little lignin content. Unlike most plants, cells of this tree contain large spaces within their walls which store water.

It is in the Caricaceae (Papaya family) and apparently a pioneer species just like papaya trees. No wonder it is mostly water and hardly any lignin!

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[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Not a chance they can make a restaurant like this in Argentina. They are one of the most reluctant people to try different foods.

Also I'm double sceptical since the same article says it grows in tropical forests in Nicaragua etc, and Argentina has a single smallish area that could be called tropical forest, and that would be a stretch.

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[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Persimmons are like 40% lignin by weight. They are the largest cause of phytobezoars.

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[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 57 points 5 months ago

Related: videos about how much sawdust you can put into rice Krispies before it's noticeable.
Spoiler: it's like 30% by volume. Pretty wild.

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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

I used to eat the shells on sun flower seeds. That's basically wood and it was indeed edible.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Umm ew, David

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[-] mika_mika@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I still eat the shells on sunflower seeds. I would just buy them de-shelled if I didn't want to eat them.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean all wood is edible for the most part. It’s also in a lot food!

Cellulose! It’s used to keep your shredded cheese from sticking together.

Just chewing on a twig of oak or fir isn’t gonna kill you.

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago

Edible, Non-Toxic, and Food form a Venn diagram.

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 17 points 5 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaratia_spinosa

[-] TTimo@lemmy.today 17 points 5 months ago

Bamboo would like a word

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 months ago

Fake wood. FAKE

[-] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago

Unamerican Fake wood, only the democrats could like it. An Oak tree came to me, big oak, strong oak, tears rolling down its eyes thanking me for finally ending the madness of the fake oak

[-] booty@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

fuckin grass pretending to be trees, i see through those fuckers

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[-] Leeks@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Bamboo is a grass.

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[-] YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 months ago

Found this Spanish language article about it. Sounds like a single company has developed the process to make it edible in 1999.

https://www.7canibales.com/despensa/yacaratia-madera-comestible/

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago

I meant to register 7cannibals.com

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

“7 cannibals to be renamed to 6 cannibals after recent tragedy. When asked for comment the cannibals declined only stating that a per his wishes it will be a closed casket”