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Was it not ripe enough or something? (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] tygerprints@kbin.social 77 points 11 months ago

When I was an ordinary dumb kid, I took a bunch of cattails from a pond nearby and put them in my desk at school. Well - a couple days later, they decided to "bloom" and we had a desk inspection and when I opened my desk up, the room filled with big fluffy cotton spores. I got yelled at for a solid hour, I'd never seen my teacher so angry. And I'm like, what's the big deal?? It's free cotton candy and it's pretty!!

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

New prank idea.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

For real

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'm thinking Pringles can

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I like the cut of your jib.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I want to see that on video

[-] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah but just don't get caught. Turns out teachers don't like having their classroom filled with fluffy seed spores.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 37 points 11 months ago

Extra compact corndogs

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

what the FUCK?! explain!!!!

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago

Never played with a cattail? They are comprised of very densly compacted seeds around a central rod/stem attached with fuzzy stuff that expands remarkably when disconnected.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

That's not even the worst part! First you get a mouth full of fluff, then you get an angry cat scratching your face. 0/10 would not recommend

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Well there's your problem, you're supposed to stick them in your butt silly.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

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[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 32 points 11 months ago

I wish I could tell if this was fake. But I've worked in retail before

[-] Dragster39@feddit.de 10 points 11 months ago

Always remember, 50% of the population has an iq < 100 and a significant part of the population doesn't know reflection besides their mirror alter ego.

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

You have to wait until the stalk turns brown. This should be obvious to anybody. I've literally never eaten a ripe corn dog with a green stem.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

You still have to cook them silly

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 15 points 11 months ago

Roast em over a fire

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Nah these babies go in the toaster

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Instructions nuclear

[-] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Put toaster in fire, but that didn't seem to cook the corndog. Now what?

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 23 points 11 months ago

From what I've read a whole bunch of parts of those plants actually are edible, though I'm not sure if that part in particular is.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago

Yes, it is edible when young, but once the tail is brown like this it is no longer edible. Its core is composed of many tiny seeds covered in tufts of cotton-like filament that it uses to float off and germinate elsewhere.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

Don’t forget to mention that they’re under pressure! It’s a veritable firehose of seed, not unlike the bathroom at The Round Room.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago
[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

I've read you can take the seeds and make bread with them. But I recommend no one try just because some Internet people are saying it's possible.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

I storngly recommend taking one of these into your kitchen and tearing all the seeds off inside!

It will be fun trust me

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

This advice is great for anyone whose favourite card game is 52-pickup.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I've heard it's the roots that are edible, though probably best to cook them first.

[-] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The root is not just edible, it is delicious.

You have to pick the part of the plant just below the waterline, you can just twist and rip it off or use a knife for a clean cut.

Then you remove all the green and cut the white part into small slices (like you'd cut an onion). Then fry the slices in a pan with butter, when the pieces become translucent they're done. Add a little dash of pepper, salt and few drops of lemon juice.

The taste is a bit "almondy", it's great with fried halloumi or beef.

The best time to pick the roots is before Midsummer, after that they're not as tasty.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

That does sound tasty.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The whole plant is edible it’s just not all palatable all the time

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Post a picture with a bite mark, coward

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Needs ketchup, obviously.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Mustard is the superior condiment and yes I’ll drive to your house and argue with you in your front yard about it.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Sure if you are out of cheese sauce I guess.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

But is cheese a condiment or a separate food item?

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

I'm American so it's both

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I did not dispute mustard at all. Ketchup and mustard can live in harmony, can't they?

Can't they?.. 😭

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

🤝 indeed they can

[-] tslnox@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

Ketchup?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

That's what you get for not choosing beaver brand

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Corndogs for the pickin'

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Me want bite!

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

And I wish they would do something about those big mints that they put in the urinals. They taste terrible.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Cake is supposed to be sweet! Whoever made those damn urinal cakes sure loves piss flavoring...

My criticisms to the chef for sure!

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 11 months ago

Why was it this post that reminded me I never finished Red Dead Redemption 2?

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

You have to cook it until the stick turns brown, obviously

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