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A street snack that has baffled botanists

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Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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“The mysterious that has baffled for ” — Click bait sub editor

Yeah, the headline certainly follows the clickbait tropes. But in this case, it appears to be legit - experts actually don't know and the vendors keep it a closely guarded secret.

It kills me that every researcher the writer contacted has never actually seen the plant or bothered to go look for it, including the guy that studied agave!

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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I'm not sure what your point is; the title is an entirely accurate summary of the content of the article.

I didn't read the article because it looked like click bait.

I thought it was interesting. Who knew that Indian street food was wrapped in so much mystery?

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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Species doesn't mean as much in the plant world. Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, kohlrabi, and gai lan are all Brassica oleracea . You can have specimens that are even technically the same cultivar but wildly different alimentary character.

TIL that the vegetable aisle has half the species I thought it did.

I think napa cabbage and a few others are also all the "other" brassica.

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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coke secret recipe, KFC secret herbs and spices

KFC recipe is out there. Saw it on Reddit a few years ago. Followed it. Damn good chicken.

I thought that process required a pressure fryer. Do you have one?

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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There are over 270 species of agave, that doesn't really answer anything.

If you read the article they say the specific Agave that they linked to using DNA analysis.

The DNA analysis didn’t identify the exact variety.

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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Thanks somehow I missed that. Incompetent reading! Obviously we're not in possession of all the facts here but it sounds like incompetent spying to me. Much more difficult operations are carried out every single day.

They might not have had the amount of budget necessary to observe them from a drone for months

This and also botanists at universities can easily explain budget expenditures on DNA testing but not on hiring PIs.

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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KFC recipe is out there. Saw it on Reddit a few years ago. Followed it. Damn good chicken.

I thought that process required a pressure fryer. Do you have one?

I don't. You can get the flavour w/o that cooker, but the juicy-ness requires it.

Those things are like boats tho. Better to have a friend with one ;)

Re: A street snack that has baffled botanists

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“The mysterious that has baffled for ” — Click bait sub editor

I'm not sure what your point is; the title is an entirely accurate summary of the content of the article.

> I'm not sure what your point is; the title is an entirely accurate summary of the content of the article.

You may not have seen this before, but that doesn't mean it is "mysterious".

Do you find Coke or KFC "mysterious"? Those are snack foods with trade secret recipes. Your story is about something similar.

A simple google search will take you to this youtube video, posted in 2015. Read the comments to dispel the "mystery".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dck923eejQA

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