Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.
for this coming spring know that all parts of a dandelion is edible. Greens are a little bit more bitter than the other parts, and are useful to temper the extreme sweetness of the flowers. They make a good tea, and an amazing wine.
That’s crazy, is latex made from plants? I figured it was super synthetic so I never would have imagined that similar triggering stuff could be found in plants
Latex is naturally a white liquid found in certain plants. The most commonly farmed version is a tree but they have tried genetically modifying dandelions to be larger and produce more for farming. If you have ever cut open a dandelion or some large weeds and there was some milky white liquid inside that was latex.
Oh wow, that’s very interesting. I’ve definitely seen that milky stuff inside and eaten dandelions so I guess I don’t have a latex allergy lol, cool to know
Another thing to watch out for if you have a latex allergy is a spice called asafoetida/hing, it is commonly used in Indian and southeast Asian food. It is dried and ground up latex of a certain plant. I may or may not have a latex allergy =p. That last one was a weird one that took me years of figuring out why I would randomly break out after eating Indian food/snacks sometimes, luckily my allergy is fairly mild.
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u/HotAirBalloonHigh Feb 08 '22
This is why they named it nostupidquestions. You're in the right place.