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Hands up who has ever eaten anything from that list!
Whoever smelled a ginkgo fruit and said "let's eat this" !
People eat Horseshoe Crabs? No way, but their precious blood give me
Though, were I a crab of any sort, anywhere, I'd live in terror of a hungry Cantonese chef...
Avocado. I heard it was dinosaur food. Read an article somewhere that says Avacdo trees think that dinosaurs are still around.
> Avocado. I heard it was dinosaur food. Nope, and this is trivial to check. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado#Taxonomy_and_evolution The proposed seed dispersers are now-extinct mammalian megafauna. Much more recent than the dinosaurs - 10k to 100k years ago.
Wasn't dinosaurs, it was probably some kind of proboscidian gompothere.
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> how many fossils there might be at total on earth The number is both incalculable and vague - is a shark tooth enough to count as a fossil? How about diatoms and other microfossils? Diatomaceous earth alone contains around 10^6-10^7 frustules (the shell of a diatom) per gram . If you count them as fossils then the lower bound is 10^18 fossils per year just in diatomaceous earth production (the fossils are ancient b…
> is a shark tooth enough to count as a fossil No, but a fossil of a shark tooth counts as a fossil..
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We use it in cuisines from India, particularly from Tamil nadu, as well. Lotus root, seeds, the petals, pretty much all.
Can you name (in Tamil, but written in English) and describe the dishes in which those lotus parts are used? Interested.
2. Thamarai Thandu Uppukari (Lotus Stem Dry Curry): A preparation where the lotus stem is boiled with salt, then deep-fried or stir-fried until light golden brown to create a crispy side dish, often served with rasam rice.
3. Thamarai Kizhangu Vathal (Dried Lotus Root Crisps): A traditional, shelf-stable snack where the lotus stem is sliced, salted, and dried, then fried before consumption.
4. Lotus Petal Paruppu Usili (Steamed Lentil Crumble): A dish made by finely chopping tender inner lotus petals and mixing them with coarsely ground, steamed, and crumbled lentils (dal), similar to traditional Tamil Paruppu Usili.
5. Thamara Vadai (Lotus Stem Fritters): A traditional snack in South India that uses sliced lotus stem in a seasoned batter, similar to a vadai.
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> is a shark tooth enough to count as a fossil No, but a fossil of a shark tooth counts as a fossil..
What does that mean though? Shark teeth are already mineralized (fluorapatite) so you can find two million year old Megalodon teeth at the Earnst Quarry in Bakersfield that exist just as they did in the mouth of the shark without any extra “fossilization”
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Can you name (in Tamil, but written in English) and describe the dishes in which those lotus parts are used? Interested.
1. Thamarai Thandu Poriyal / Varuval (Stir-fried Lotus Stem): A popular dish where the lotus stem is peeled, sliced into coins, and stir-fried with coconut oil, mustard seeds, shallots, green chilies, curry leaves, and sometimes sambar powder or chili flakes. 2. Thamarai Thandu Uppukari (Lotus Stem Dry Curry): A preparation where the lotus stem is boiled with salt, then deep-fried or stir-fried until light golden bro…