Comment on Edible Wood
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 days 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 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. No wonder it is mostly water and hardly any lignin!
Lignan deez nuts!
Sorry
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.
I totally agree, you can’t get most Argentines to eat anything different from milanesas, pasta and asado. Drinks too, you get hundreds if not thousands of different soft drinks and juices in other countries, here its just cola, fanta and sprite kind of beverages.
They are one of the most reluctant people to try different foods.
Really? I’m surprised.
Persimmons are like 40% lignin by weight. They are the largest cause of phytobezoars.
grue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
NileRed, I assume?
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Isn’t that another? I remember a Youtuber who made living rat neurons play DOOM. He also made meat leaves, btw.
Orygin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s the Thought Emporium
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
This YouTuber was the one I had in mind but NileRed is another great one.