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Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. (lemmy.world)
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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maple syrup is tree blood. Kind like tree vampirism.

I don’t think wood smells like food. But I wonder… apparently termites have a bunch of gut bacteria to digest wood. Maybe if you eat raw termites and bark beetles, you can then eat some sawdust. If you continue the process eventually you may be able to eat wood or paper with your own gut biome. Maybe start with a termite, sawdust, and banana smoothie and move up from there. Best of luck.

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Tree vampirism"? Naw dude, we boil the tree blood down first. It's concentrated tree vampirism.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Kinda like centrifuge blood taffy?

[–] suction@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oh, you mean CTV?

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it stops being healthy because it's ultra processed.

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My dude, it's pure sugar. It was never healthy.

Also, I'm not sure that boiling something down to thicken it counts as "ultra processed".

[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

It only gets boiled down to pure sugar. You boil off or break down a lot of the aromatics and volatiles in the original sap to make syrup. It gets processed by boiling to concentrate the sugar and reduce the presence of the rest of what the tree was living on. Maple sap does not become “pure sugar” (maple syrup) until after it gets the good stuff processed out.

This Cleveland Health Clinic page on maple sap mentions the presence of abscisic acid, a plant hormone with anti-diabetic properties, and polyphenols that help you manage inflammation.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

In the US, a little less sugar = "healthy"

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

5/7 with rice. Thank you for the suggestion.

[–] Prok@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

A grading scale like no other