Eating Fruit Skins
21 days ago
- The author discovered that every part of an apple, including the core, stem, and seeds, is edible, challenging their previous habit of discarding the core.
- Initially hesitant to eat the stem, the author eventually ate it after feeling silly carrying it around, noting that the stem is also edible.
- The author learned from their community that strawberry stems are considered medicinal and that kiwi skins are edible too.
- Apple seeds contain cyanide, but the risk for normal consumption is minimal, according to the author's research.
- The author criticizes the argument that deer can eat something means humans can, citing horse chestnuts as an example that are toxic to both horses and humans but edible for deer.