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Showerthoughts

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Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I’m guessing it sort of came from the fact that we cook food with burning wood. Less so now, but burning wood meant cooked food for 200k years.

I don’t think wood smells like it is edible, but a fire can remind me of food through smell.