The stems and leaves are virtually tasteless and make eating strawberries easier. They even have nutritional value!
Why YSK: It’s an easy way to eat strawberries faster and with less mess while reducing food waste.
I mean technically you’re supposed to be able to eat the brown fuzzy skin on kiwis but I’m not going to be doing that
You’re missing out! Kiwis are great to eat whole. Way less messy as well (no need to dirty a knife or a spoon to eat them). Plus as an added bonus you get to freak out people who don’t know that you can eat the skin!
I once ate a whole kiwi in front of my wife. That’s the closest we ever came to getting a divorce.
She stayed with you even though you’re a cannibal - that’s the kind of devotion you rarely see any more these days.
That must be one rock solid relationship.
Another plus, it contains a lot of nutrition value of the fruit. But the kiwi should be of better quality as everything used on the growing field can also potentially be found in the skin.
Also, slices of kiwi, including skin, are perfect on a pizza margherita. My go to pizza if I have some kiwis left.
Yeah I’m with ya! I’ll continue to lick all those brown fuzzy fibers off the fruit and proceed to cough it all up like a hairball before eating like GOD intended!
Main reason I don’t eat it is that it’s unclear to me what else am I eating with the hairy skin of kiwi. It’s not that easy to clean as let’s say apple. And in random cases it causes peoeple to get mouth ulcers.
I started suffering mouth ulcers shortly after independently discovering that the kiwi skin is edible. It took some time to figure out what the cause was, because the sores would develop days after eating them.
One of my best friends swears by eating the skin. Haven’t tried, I’m scared. Lol
I eat it… honestly, it is delicious. Slightly bitter and sour whilst adding some nice texture.
I’ll have to give it a shot
Pour riverwater in your shoes. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and nobody is stopping you.
Did this get reposted somewhere notable recently? This is the third time today I’ve seen someone reference this ten year old post
Not that I know of. That’s just what “eat the strawberry stem because it won’t hurt you” reminded me of.
Fair enough! It’s a classic.
Also you can feed strawberry tops and leaves to dogs, if you have any, in moderation. They lose their minds over them!
Could you please add a “Why YSK:”? It’s rule #2. :)
Certainly, thank you for the reminder. :)
That also goes for eating your own shit and even plastic.
i save the ends with the leaves as a treat for my guinea pigs. they sure like them a lot more than i do
Who knew my 3yo was right all along!
They still have texture, and I don’t want leaves and stems in my berries.
TIHI
Also oranges! I useally take a big bite outta them without peeling
Yeah…pass…
Z E S T Y
I used to eat them like that back in the day we had them in garden. It’s not tasteless, it tastes like grass or something but it’s not bad taste. Definitely better to eat than trow it away.
You can eat the skin on a kiwifruit too, but ew.
If it’s too fuzzy yes but there are some with a lot less fuzz and the skin adds a great tartness to a properly ripe kiwi. I’d imagine there’s bonus nutritional value to boot!
Tons of vitamin E, folates, and antioxidants apparently
I always thought the leaves are inedible 😅
Same, I feel like I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible
I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible
You’re not much of a salad person are you?
Wow I’m literally eating a salad right now and didn’t even correlate the two
Well yippee, that’s handy. I have eaten apples whole for years, the same thought never occurred to me for strawberries.
Hopefully you spit out the seeds? They contain amygdalin, a substance that releases cyanide when it comes into contact with human digestive enzymes. A few apples worth of seeds isn’t enough to kill you or anything, and the seeds are apparently safe if you swallow them whole.
I’m confused. You comment looks like two different people making different points lol
Hopefully you spit out the seeds? They contain amygdalin, a substance that releases cyanide when it comes into contact with human digestive enzymes.
A few apples worth of seeds isn’t enough to kill you or anything, and the seeds are apparently safe if you swallow them whole.
FWIW I have eaten apples whole for years, and I have not died of cyanide poisoning yet.
As the leaves decay they produce hydrogen cyanide. So…
Don’t eat decaying leaves. Got it.
Source of information?
I made it the fuck up!
