I’m trying to resolve an argument.

EDIT: Yes, you can. But you can’t digest it. The only edible parts of a tree are some specific types of tree bark. Thanks, everyone!

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    1 year ago

    i remember reading about how in some parts of the world (north America?) they used to process the wood of some trees to use as flour.

    Humans do eat anything, I think the question should rather be "Can eating wood be nutritive or pleasant (or ethical 🤷)? "

    • Mythril@lemm.ee
      5·
      1 year ago

      Oh right, I just remembered that Norway did make something like “bark bread” in the past during famines, and that linked Wikipedia article says:

      The inner bark is the only part of a tree trunk that is actually edible; the remaining bark and wood is made up of cellulose, which most animals, including humans, cannot digest.