hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down120
arrow-up1261arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareA Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up76arrow-down1·1 year agoCinnamon and sumac are two common spices that are made from grinding up tree bark.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·1 year agoAlso ginger. And technically wormwood too, although that’s more you drinking water that is soaked into wood.
minus-squaredie444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoGinger is a root, maybe you’re thinking of something else?
minus-squarecredit crazy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 year agoEh what is a root if not wood that is covered in dirt
minus-squaredie444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoSo is a potato wood? A carrot? Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoA potato is not a flowering plant it’s a tuba, such as an onion. Totally different thing entirely to a bit of wood attached to a tree.
minus-squaredie444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoAnd potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger. Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoThe root of a tree. Made of wood.
minus-squarepbbananaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoYou using a different kind of sumac than the rest of us? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac#In_food
minus-squareA Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoI stand corrected on that one. I assumed it was sumac bark, and you know what they say about assumption. It makes an ass out of u and mption.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe bit about powdered sumac (bark?) being a powerful dye for marble is pretty interesting. I wish there was an example photo.
Cinnamon and sumac are two common spices that are made from grinding up tree bark.
Also ginger.
And technically wormwood too, although that’s more you drinking water that is soaked into wood.
Ginger is a root, maybe you’re thinking of something else?
Eh what is a root if not wood that is covered in dirt
So is a potato wood? A carrot?
Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.
A potato is not a flowering plant it’s a tuba, such as an onion. Totally different thing entirely to a bit of wood attached to a tree.
And potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger.
Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.
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The root of a tree. Made of wood.
No, ginger is not a tree.
You using a different kind of sumac than the rest of us? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac#In_food
I stand corrected on that one. I assumed it was sumac bark, and you know what they say about assumption. It makes an ass out of u and mption.
The bit about powdered sumac (bark?) being a powerful dye for marble is pretty interesting. I wish there was an example photo.