Can you eat wood if you cook it first?

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Culinary question.

 

[Aunt Carol]

Gotta build up a tolerance first.

 

[DankSmoker]

I think some scandinavians eat tree bark as a survivalist tactic. I dont know what tree but I'm sure it would be important to know that.

 

[gorgoroth7134]

Ok but what cooking method?

 

[Gangstalker #32194]

The wood of the yacaratiá tree is served as a delicacy in Argentinian restaurants. The wood is soaked in honey or syrup and is also available in chocolate bonbons or in flavored jams with sawdust. The wood is soft and fibrous and the taste has been compared to chestnuts.[2]

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.

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

it's more tender & salty if you cock it first

 

[Lidl Drip]

If you're American then you're probably already eating sawdust and wood shavings in your food.

 

[Mitt Doggy Dogg]

Why would you want to? I mean if you were absolutely starving, I've heard you can eat some of the pulp under the bark but I'd spend my time trying to catch a fish or find some real food before doing that. In modern day America there are food banks and shit everywhere I cant see anyone starving here that puts the tiny amount of effort into it

 

[User names must be unique]

cooked wood is charcoal, you can buy this from most pharmacies or dietary supplement stores.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Why would you want to? I mean if you were absolutely starving, I've heard you can eat some of the pulp under the bark but I'd spend my time trying to catch a fish or find some real food before doing that. In modern day America there are food banks and shit everywhere I cant see anyone starving here that puts the tiny amount of effort into it

Don't judge me.

 

[Mitt Doggy Dogg]

Don't judge me.

Hey if you wanna eat tree bark go right head thats the joy of living in America you can do just about anything you want. And I told you already if you really need to eat tree bark to survive you want to cut the bark off and throw it away and get the pulp under it that has a small amount of nutrients in it. I hear there is some tree barks in other countries that they boil to make a tea also

 

[analrapist]

You don't even have to cook it. Dietary fiber is just "wood", ie. cellulose.

 

[Just A Fat Round Bird]

Hey if you wanna eat tree bark go right head thats the joy of living in America you can do just about anything you want. And I told you already if you really need to eat tree bark to survive you want to cut the bark off and throw it away and get the pulp under it that has a small amount of nutrients in it. I hear there is some tree barks in other countries that they boil to make a tea also

Iirc birch juice (literally just birch sap) is quite popular with slavs and in the baltic region.
But you wouldn't drink a tree like you would download a house, would you?

 

[I (Don't) Have A Gun]

You can eat anything.
If it's safe or nutritious is another matter.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

You can eat anything.
If it's safe or nutritious is another matter.

Can you eat the sun?

 

[I (Don't) Have A Gun]

Can you eat the sun?

Yes, the same way you eat an elephant. One bite at a time. Granted there probably won't be a second bite.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

You can make birch tea

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