Comment on poaceae
Bubs@lemmy.zip 2 months 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.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean you aren’t eating the stem of an apple tree or the bones of a cow either.
tdawg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The bones are for soup
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jest, gelatin is the bones.
So are many soup stocks
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Gummy worms have more bones than real worms.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 months 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.