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Bubs@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I mean, sure, those are all grasses, but no one is really eating the grass part of them. Unless they’re doing something more specific like ethnic or cultural food, the average person isn’t gonna be eating the leaves of these.

Sure you can gnaw on sugar cane. I can see corn husks being eaten in some dishes. lemon grass I don’t really know about beside being used to add flavor in stuff like grilling.

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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I mean you aren’t eating the stem of an apple tree or the bones of a cow either.

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- tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The bones are for soup
  
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- Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Jest, gelatin is the bones.
  
  So are many soup stocks
  
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  - grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Gummy worms have more bones than real worms.
    
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- thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  sure, but they also don’t call eating an apple “eating trees”. it would still be fair to call applewood based products “beaver food” or “cardboard” if someone told you to eat it.
  
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