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[–] TaintPuncher@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can also boil them, mash them or stick them in a stew.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sorry what are we talking about? Can you say it again, very slowly, and enunciate carefully?

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Pro...bate...hoes

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Don’t forget making homemade grenade launchers with them.

[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wait til you find out about corn

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jesus, I need my eyes checked. And my mind. I did not read it as "corn" at first glance.

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I read it as com at first.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Mental keming

[–] mcz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

One word: brassica. Ok, two: brassica oleracea

[–] mossberg590@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Corn has entered the chat....

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I just wish it were nutritionally any good for us.

Corn is:

  • Liquid Sugar Replacement (worse than sugar)
  • Starch (higher calorie, difficult to digest)
  • Cattle Feed (they also can't digest it, leading to gut rott)
  • Fuel (can't eat fuel)

But I can down several bags of Frito Lays Cornchips. Honey BBQ Twists are the bomb. If they sold those in family or party size I'd probably have fatty liver disease.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yep basically no nutritional value besides providing glucose. It’s why people in South America whose diet has been mostly corn and corn based products are super short.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(worse than sugar)

Eh, that's not settled science. It's terribly complex and we don't really know.

There's some research that seems to suggest all sugars are really bad for you, even those from fruits.

I'm any case, any added sugar is for sure bad for you.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Added or not, sugar is bad for you. You can get liver disease by eating fruit.

That said, processed sugar is worse because it is more easily taken up by the body and makes the insuline response worse.

Also, processed food is bad for you on top of sugars.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Making vodka from potatoes (instead of grain) was so awesome that the woman who did it became the first female university professor in Sweden.

Edit: no it wasn't Martha Stewart you fucking idiot

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago
[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] odium@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And onions. The trifecta of going in everything.

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 3 points 2 days ago

Cassava/manioc/yuca: I'm you, but better.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Potato is not a vegetable.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Strong Principal Skinner meme vibes.

"Am I wrong about potatos?

...no, it's Wikipedia, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, and basically everyone on reddit that's wrong!"

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Is rice a vegetable?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the definition of vegetable is very vague. anything from a plant can be vegetable.

i personally prefer using words like root, leaves, fruits and nuts, but strawberries put that to the test

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Anything from a plant can be a vegetable

Is bread a vegetable because it is made of wheat?

Edit: you can downvote me but you're still incorrect. It isn't vague and potato is objectively not a vegetable. Same goes for grains like wheat, corn, and rice.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're also dumb and wrong from the very loose culinary definition btw, potatoes aren't a grain, they fall under the "root VEGETABLE" category along with beets, carrots, onions etc...

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Never did I claim that a potato is a grain. Culinarily, I am correct.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

So you might be arguing with the wrong person if you want to pull culinary technicalities. When I open my copy of Escoffier Le Guide Culinaire to page 498 I find Potatoes listed in the vegetables section

But wait, let me check my copy of Jaques Pepins Complete Techniques ah, okay, on page 323 he describes potatoes as "a versatile vegetable". Maybe The Joy of Cooking? Ah, here, on page 245, under vegetables, and a root vegetable puree recipe featuring potatoes. Fascinating...

I'm afraid I don't have a copy of the CIA textbook currently though I'm fixing that soon, and my Japanese cooking technique textbooks don't specifically categorize potatoes. Want me to get back to you when I can borrow a copy of Modernist Cuisine from my chef friend?

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Mf busted out the hard copy sources from the culinary greats. I'm dead.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I am curious what your define it as, because you've ruled out vegetable and grain.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetable

a usually herbaceous plant (such as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Tell that to the National Potato Council. Potatoes may take the place of grains in some dishes, but that doesn't make them a grain. Radishes, beets, turnips, and other tubers may also be used as a starchy base for a dish, but I doubt you'd question the legitimacy of them as vegetables

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Even if i consider potatoes vegetables, i wouldnt consider vodka a vegetable because its made out of potatoes

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Just curious, what would you define as a vegetable?

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[–] mcz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Of course it's a fruit, the apple of earth

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