The stems and leaves are virtually tasteless and make eating strawberries easier. They even have nutritional value!

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    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

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      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!

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      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!

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      One of my best friends swears by eating the skin. Haven’t tried, I’m scared. Lol

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      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.

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        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.

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    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.

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    “nutritional value”… lol I’ve not tried but… sure. Btw you can do the same with Kiwis

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      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.

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    Pour riverwater in your shoes. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and nobody is stopping you.

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      Did this get reposted somewhere notable recently? This is the third time today I’ve seen someone reference this ten year old post

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        Not that I know of. That’s just what “eat the strawberry stem because it won’t hurt you” reminded me of.

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          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!

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      Same, I feel like I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible

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        I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible

        You’re not much of a salad person are you?

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          Wow I’m literally eating a salad right now and didn’t even correlate the two