Asparagus

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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 101 pts · 1y (18 replies)

For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 169 pts · 1y (9 replies)

If you trimmed the bush back it'd look larger.

webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s

Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don't need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 44 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I think this was a dick joke

Railcar8095@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 1y

It's always a dick joke. Or Loss.

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (2 replies)

A cock quip

MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A phallic jape

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

A penis pun

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

It was a dick joke.

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

I don't want an ecosystem in my bush

dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

This is what I keep telling the Mrs.

watermelonpaloma@lemmy.sdf.org · 19 pts · 1y (6 replies)

We have loads of wild asparagus where I live. My new favorite activity this year has been asparagus foraging!

Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 1y (5 replies)
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miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yes.

Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Successfully foraging in nature is naturally rewarding.

And if that's not a satisfying answer, just note that one's idea of "fun" tends to change around the time they reach their 30s. I'd be stoked to find edible plants in the wild.

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Por que no los dos?

watermelonpaloma@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y

foraging for asparagus paired with bird watching while hiking in the forest--that is my jam!

HollowNaught@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I was fully prepared for the image to load and for it to be the same one as the post lol

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 1y (8 replies)

I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

  • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
  • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Whoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland

joel_feila@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.

Grappling7155@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y

It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

RobotZap10000@feddit.nl · 66 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Two brussels sprout plants
?????

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y

A joke of a plant

dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y

What's crazy is that not only is that the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, but practically the entire plant in that photo is edible.

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y

Brussels is such a weird city

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That's nothing, look at pineapple.

Denjin@lemmings.world · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

And the first English speaker who saw one went "you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree."

lengau@midwest.social · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.

Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y

Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Username checks out.

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

I was expecting something like "MyPeeSmells" when I scrolled back up. I'm more disappointed than I should be.

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

See, that's asparagus tricking you into thinking that is how it grows, by crafty memeing. When we (and by we I mean all right thinking asparaguys humans) know it isn't.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Let's hope they don't form an alliance with the "birds"

RBWells@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

Fennel too- I always thought the white part was below the earth, like an onion. But no, the whole fennel sits on the earth, on a tippy root that's underground.