Are you supposed to eat the leaves on the strawberries?

[delete12345]

Bought a box of strawberries because it is in season. I would always scrunch up the leaves, hold them so the strawberry itself can fit all the way into my mouth, chew on the berry, and still leave the leaves scrunched up.

I try to avoid tasting the soils near the stems, but I am curious to see if others just straight up eat and digest the leaves.

 

[super-famicom]

Uh I don't.

 

[Xando]

No

 

[DJ_Lae]

No. Each around them or cut a shallow core off the top.

I'm sure someone eats the leaves, though. We've had threads about people who eat shrimp shells and cupcake wrappers.

 

[mrmickfran]

Nope

 

[NuclearCake]

NOPE

 

[Foot]

Hahaha

 

[SoH]

anything is edible if you're brave enough

 

[DarthMasta]

Are they even edible, in the sense that you can extract nutrients from them with your human digestive system?

 

[Many]

No, but they are just leaves, eat them if you want it.

 

[sfedai0]

I dont even peel a banana.

 

[Squarehard]

No poll? Coward!

 

[viral]

Why would you even think that you are?

 

[MrCibb]

You can eat them, they're not poisonous or anything. But they probably won't taste very nice. Nearly everyone will do what you do or just cut the top off.

 

[TaySan]

You can eat them, but i don't.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

Generally no

 

[Jraphics Horse]

Soils? Should probably give them a wash if they are covered in soil

 

[Aeana]

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Do you eat the vine attached to the tomato?

 

[starpower]

Eat the skin of the Kiwi you don't kno what you're missing

 

[PinkSpider]

Eat the skin of the Kiwi you don't kno what you're missing

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I was going to answer no, this isn't a real question but kiwi is (For savages, fucking hairy things, peel them dammit, weridos).

 

[horkrux]

yes they are actually the most nutritio-

no you're not

 

[eZipsis]

I try to avoid tasting the soils near the stems

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What do you mean by this?

 

[BringBackSonics]

No? I save the tops and leaves for my hens

 

[Vonocourt]

No.

Didn't we have a thread on here or the old place about people eating peanut shells?

 

[That Naive Cube!!]

No. Each around them or cut a shallow core off the top.

I'm sure someone eats the leaves, though. We've had threads about people who eat shrimp shells and cupcake wrappers.

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I eat the shrimp shells. Can go either way, really. But cupcake wrappers?

 

[Melpomene]

Shocked and disappointed to hear OP isn't asking this because they've done it for years, honestly.

 

[delete12345]

What do you mean by this?

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Not sure if the phone can capture it. There are white, dried, stems with black, elongated heads underneath the leaves, and some soil / dirt chunks near where the white-ish parts of the strawberries are. I don't know what it is, but it reminds me of the soil bits I get from my box of white mushrooms before I wash them.

Shocked and disappointed to hear OP isn't asking this because they've done it for years, honestly.

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I just started to question my behaviors.

 

[Shinrou]

I only eat the leaves.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Apparently they're good for the stomach but they taste terrible, ymmv

 

[NuclearCake]

When they said you should eat more greens, they didn't exactly mean this OP.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Is this the first time you've eaten a strawberry?

 

[refusi0n1]

i take off the leaves and the seeds

 

[Dandy]

No. I remove them either with my fingers or a knife.

 

[Melpomene]

I just started to question my behaviors.

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So you're saying there's still time to convince you this is a good idea, then?

 

[Hollywood Duo]

You can but it's not going to taste good

 

[Captain Tuttle]

No. Each around them or cut a shallow core off the top.

I'm sure someone eats the leaves, though. We've had threads about people who eat shrimp shells and cupcake wrappers.

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what

 

[delete12345]

Is this the first time you've eaten a strawberry?

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I've always eaten store-bought, already-prepared, strawberry chunks and factory-produced artificial strawberry bits. I rarely eat fresh raw strawberries, because they aren't that flavorful.

I guess it's when I'm at the point where I'm trying things out, I realized I never questioned whether doing this is the right thing to do. So, here I am, learning the ropes.

 

[Nida]

i take off the leaves and the seeds

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This is Era so I'm not sure if you're serious about removing the seeds...

 

[eZipsis]

Not sure if the phone can capture it. There are white, dried, stems with black, elongated heads underneath the leaves, and some soil / dirt chunks near where the white-ish parts of the strawberries are. I don't know what it is, but it reminds me of the soil bits I get from my box of white mushrooms before I wash them.

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Oh, that's strange. I've been berry picking a couple of time with my kids and all the places I've been had their strawberries set up like this.

But yeah, don't eat them. Especially not if there is dirt and other stuff on them.

 

[SigmasonicX]

I eat them for small strawberries, but not for larger ones. They don't taste bad or anything, and the taste of the strawberry itself greatly overpowers it.

Regarding dirt... I'm confused how people are washing the strawberries but not cleaning the leaves and underneath.

 

[Suichimo]

I just leaf them alone.

 

[Rellodex]

I eat the small leaves, you can't even taste them. Obviously tear off the big ones.

Eat the skin of the Kiwi you don't kno what you're missing

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This I also support without sarcasm or irony. The skin is tart and snappy, and if you have a sweet enough kiwi completely transforms the experience and flavor profile in such I way that I'm never going back to peeling.

 

[Marengo]

Sure, why not

 

[javac]

Eat just the leaves.

 

[Deleted member 16876]

I just eat them. They are not bad and you barely taste them.

Just wash the thing and you will be ok.

 

[Astro Cat]

No. I know it's weekend era but if you eat the leaves there's something wrong with you.

 

[dejay]

Yes I eat them, purely because I can't really taste them.

I also eat kiwi skin.

 

[Saifu]

Extra fiber, sure....

 

[nsilvias]

eat them. dont waste food