I'm old enough to have a now-adult son who was dumb enough to try it. Although, at the time, I didn't know what he was up to, so I just told him "it's not sweet, the only reason you think it sweet is because it's always mixed with sugar." Fortunately, he didn't take much of it.
Yeah that kid is probably 45 today. By the way I love that he's never been cropped out of the meme through god knows how many iterations because his facial expression is the real punchline of the image: Clearly trolling and barely concealing the fact.
It blows my mind that cinnamon trees are a real thing. I can go walk through a cinnamon forest!? Wtf, how is that real? That's some CandyLand/Narnia shit.
It's not sawdust. Some might be derived from wood but it's just cellulose and does not contain lignin, which is what differentiates wood from other plant matter. Chemically, it's basically the same as any other plant starch.
Sawdust has a lot more in it than just cellulose. The meme is a joke, but it's closer to reality than calling cellulose powder derived from wood pulp "sawdust".
Sawdust isn't just cellulose. Wood is a matrix of cellulose fibers bound together by a tougher compound called lignin. While lignin isn't particularly toxic, you wouldn't want to eat it.
Fun fact, a lot of the process of making paper is for removing the lignin, only the cellulose is useful for making paper. And grasses like bamboo have a higher ratio of cellulose to lignin, so it's better for making paper
Oh its been worse. But at the moment its become down to potato and lettuce. Its all part of her Mastcell related to EDS. Ten years ago when she was in High School basically the only only thing she could and did eat was plain chicken and plain eggs. At this point, with medications, she can mostly eat normal, aside from the potato and lettuce.
Depending on where it came from, and what wood, I wouldn't be surprized if it was outright healthy. Tons of fiber, plus dietary sources of lignans are rare.
It's actually used a lot in food, along with other agricultural waste materials. You'll find it listed in ingredients as cellulose. It's processed to hell and indigestible, so it doesn't really do much nutritionally beyond adding a bit of dietary fiber.
It's not really that weird, root beer used to be made using sassafras bark and yeah that's toxic in large amounts too.
Also fun fact, you can eat the inner bark of most pine trees, particularly white pines. It doesn't taste great but it could easily be a source of food in an emergency.
It wasn't until recently that I learned how bad cinnamon was for you. Saw that the max you should consume per day is 1-2 teaspoons. Not tablespoons. I was eating a whole thing of cinnamon powder a week just cuz I like it. I've stopped doing that.
Every dust is sawdust after you see it.
We gotta crime seen here!
Daaad! 🙄
Boooooooooo
If you witnessed a toothed cutting implement in action, you saw a saw saw.
Officially the most upvoted comment I've ever seen within a day of posting. Winner winner chicken dinner!
... ... Fuck you.
We are all sawdust on this Blessed day
I saw dust and then I clooose myyy eyyyyesss
All bark
Oh I’m old enough to remember the cinnamon challenge… it definitely has a bite
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no my sons name is also tomenzgg
Maybe? Yesterday was a lifetime ago. :-)
I mean I don't think you have to be that old to remember the cinnamon challenge. It took off in popularity in the early 2010 so about 10-15 years ago.
I'm old enough to have a now-adult son who was dumb enough to try it. Although, at the time, I didn't know what he was up to, so I just told him "it's not sweet, the only reason you think it sweet is because it's always mixed with sugar." Fortunately, he didn't take much of it.
No bite
If sawdust made my yeasted enriched dough taste awesome I'd be putting it on there too.
Have you tried? Maybe its delicious
I do t know if 00’s potato quality
Or AI slop
That meme is likely older than you are
Yeah that kid is probably 45 today. By the way I love that he's never been cropped out of the meme through god knows how many iterations because his facial expression is the real punchline of the image: Clearly trolling and barely concealing the fact.
Yeah, nice try.
Tastes good atop of arabica bean soup and foamed lactase.
edit: grammatical correct word to use here was "lactation" or "lactose product".
I'd say it's more of a tea than a soup. Unless you leave the grinds in.
They're the same picture.
Compromise and call it a broth.
I also like a bit of beaver scent gland juice added in.
Isn't that the thing that digests milk, but not milk? You can buy little lactase pills at the pharmacy.
Opps. You are correct.
Lactase, is an enzyme that helps break down lactose into its component parts for digestion. (Wiki)
I guess I was trying to use the verb form "lactate" for a science-y term for milk.
Lactate is lactic acid.
Cool. I didn't know that. I looked it up.
I'm in deep with my error. I should make a edit note in my original comment, just in case anyone has come this far. Thanks.
Didn't mean to sound like I was piling on, just wanted to let you know.
hell yeah. i also make a damn fine snickerdoodle ice cream
It blows my mind that cinnamon trees are a real thing. I can go walk through a cinnamon forest!? Wtf, how is that real? That's some CandyLand/Narnia shit.
I always wondered how a cinnamon forest would smell.
Like chicken, of course.
Much like all forests
Everything is toxic in large amounts, even water
Because our water is basically all dihydrogen monoxide at this point. We're so fucked.
Our water is becoming increasingly less dihydrogen monoxide and more micro plastics. Thats why we're fucked
Consume too much? Dead.
Inhale too much? Dead.
Go too deep into it? Dead.
We really should be regulating the stuff.
Elite ball knowledge
What did the Jamaican priest say to the thief stealing from the church?
(In Jamaican accent) "You're a cinna mon"
Hue hue hue
Well, actually... it's ground into a powder, rather than the byproduct of sawing. I don't think it counts.
I will saw my cinnamon sticks just to prove you wrong.
"Goddamnit Margret, don't ask, someone was wrong on the Internet."
Duty Calls
As a forager I don't see anything wrong with eating a tree... As long I'm 200% sure what kind tree I'm eating.
Ever eat bamboo? Delicious
Bamboo is grass.
Then what are palm trees? Checkmate.
I have and I hated it. But I think I didn't know how to prepare it.
But is it known to cause cancer in the state of California?
Everything is known to cause cancer to the state of California.
I think California is known to cause cancer in the state of California, you can bet cinnamon is too.
California is the cancer
Pay attention to how often you see "cellulose" as a listed ingredient. That's also usually processed wood pulp.
That cheap powdery parmesan often found in pizza places? Also sawdust.
It gets extra funny when you see cellulose listed on something with artificial cinnamon flavoring.
It's not sawdust. Some might be derived from wood but it's just cellulose and does not contain lignin, which is what differentiates wood from other plant matter. Chemically, it's basically the same as any other plant starch.
and its fiber, which helps push the other shit you eat through your guts
If your pizza places have sawdust in their parmesan, change nation.
Fire Nation does not use sawdust in their parmesan!
Sawdust has a lot more in it than just cellulose. The meme is a joke, but it's closer to reality than calling cellulose powder derived from wood pulp "sawdust".
its also poor mans cocaine, as well as nutmeg.
Instructions unclear. I just sprinkled cocaine on my rice pudding.
Ah, right, the nutmeg cookies of auntie, with far too much nutmeg. Eat two and you'll get funny.
Nutmeg is incredibly unpleasant for drug purposes, ask me how I know
You can get high off of them?? Or is it just that they're good for snorting?
its possible i heard, but you likely will aspirate the powder causing lung issues. same with cinnamon.
Shredded cheese has cellulose (basically sawdust). It’s added to keep the cheese from sticking together. Or that’s my understanding.
It's actually potato starch.
Sawdust isn't just cellulose. Wood is a matrix of cellulose fibers bound together by a tougher compound called lignin. While lignin isn't particularly toxic, you wouldn't want to eat it.
Fun fact, a lot of the process of making paper is for removing the lignin, only the cellulose is useful for making paper. And grasses like bamboo have a higher ratio of cellulose to lignin, so it's better for making paper
Its not always potato starch though.
I mostly know this because my daughter is allergic to potatos so we have to only get certain brands of cheese.
This might be the worse allergy I can think of. I didn’t know anyone had this allergy. I am so very sorry to hear this.
Oh its been worse. But at the moment its become down to potato and lettuce. Its all part of her Mastcell related to EDS. Ten years ago when she was in High School basically the only only thing she could and did eat was plain chicken and plain eggs. At this point, with medications, she can mostly eat normal, aside from the potato and lettuce.
I’m glad that you got it under control! I’m still sorry she doesn’t get to enjoy potatoes.
Wow, so trees are made from potatoes, that's wild. Mother nature, you crazy!
Lignin my balls
Potato sawdust. Haha. I knew it wasn’t sawdust like trees but it was a dusty material made from plant but I didn’t know what kind.
Thanks! That’s pretty cool
There are also studies saying it can help regulate blood sugar.
::: spoiler controversial comment Yeah, cause those cinnamon flavored sweets are disgusting! :::
Also, explosive if blown into an aerosolized powder
Many many things will explode in an aerosolized powder. Even a box of cornflakes.
I imagine things that aren't explosive in that form are probably not good for your lungs (I'm imagining asbestos) 😅
This is why the cinnamon challenge is so difficult.
A bit of instant coffee in the bottom of a bowl.
Add 120g of frozen blueberries.
Add a sprinkling of roasted cashews.
Add some whole milk. (Or, heavy cream if you're feeling thin that day.)
Top with a generous poof of cinnamon powder, and a tiny bit of sugar.
Stir and enjoy.
Makes a damn good insecticide
and prosthetic testicle, or prosthesticle
Does that mean sawdust isn't unhealthy to eat?
Depending on where it came from, and what wood, I wouldn't be surprized if it was outright healthy. Tons of fiber, plus dietary sources of lignans are rare.
It's actually used a lot in food, along with other agricultural waste materials. You'll find it listed in ingredients as cellulose. It's processed to hell and indigestible, so it doesn't really do much nutritionally beyond adding a bit of dietary fiber.
Dietary fiber is a lot. That's like the main thing missing from everyone's diets these days.
Lignan balls
Not healthy =/= unhealthy
It's not really that weird, root beer used to be made using sassafras bark and yeah that's toxic in large amounts too.
Also fun fact, you can eat the inner bark of most pine trees, particularly white pines. It doesn't taste great but it could easily be a source of food in an emergency.
It wasn't until recently that I learned how bad cinnamon was for you. Saw that the max you should consume per day is 1-2 teaspoons. Not tablespoons. I was eating a whole thing of cinnamon powder a week just cuz I like it. I've stopped doing that.
This is cassia bark (what most sell as cinnamon) but not Ceylon (has 250x less) so if you have “true” cinnamon then you’re fine
Edit: Coumarin, had to google cuz hell if I remember that shit. Bad for liver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coumarin
Under toxicity, 2nd paragraph
And dont forget your dose of heavy metals!
I... what?
1-2 teaspoons is a crazy amount to be fair
This is so inherently incorrect it's incredible.
I've literally soaked multiple cinnamon sticks for fancy ass coffee. I've ground multiple sticks for meals.
Doesn't Ceylon Cinnamon have negligible amounts of coumarin compared to Cassia?