Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Zuma on January 22, 2017, 02:51:44 pm
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Hey brother, I bet you know what these are.
But what are they good for? All replies welcomed.
Zuma
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Are they hard or soft? Any pics of the plant they came from?
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Or the animal they came out of? ;) ;)
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Well umm >:D I hope this hint helps.
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Looks like Cabbage Palm.
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You betcha,
I know what they are, is there any question?
They are peanut butter stuffed olives!
Yum!
Kevin
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Perhaps they are all of the above :)
Buuuttttt------ What are they good for?
And don't say---- Absolutly Nothing! >:D
Thanks guys
Zuma
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add 2 parts gin and .5 parts dry vermouth, drink and repeat until you run out of gin. ;) >:D
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if you let them ripen all the way you can get a very little bit of flesh off the out side. squirrels eat them. there are dates down here too.
bone
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Can anyone confirm these
Palm Fruit Photos - WAYNE'S WORD wynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph1
Left: Mature palm in Tortuguero National Park bearing clusters of fruit; Right: Fresh palm fruit at the marketplace in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Betel Nut Palm (Areca catechu)
One of the most interesting uses for palms involves the chewing of seeds from the betel nut palm (Areca catechu). This palm is native to Malaya, but extensively cultivated throughout India, southeastern China, the East Indies, and the Philippines where the seeds (called betel nuts) are chewed. This curious practice dates back to antiquity and was first described by Herodotus in 340 BC. The usual method of chewing involves betel nuts, betel pepper leaves from Piper betel (Piperaceae) and lime powder (calcium hydroxide). Betel leaves come from the same genus as black pepper (P. nigrum) and kava kava (P. methysticum). Slices of ripe betel nuts are placed in the mouth. Then fresh leaves of the betel pepper are smeared with lime (calcium hydroxide) and chewed with the nuts. Sometimes the the mixture is chewed with cloves, cinnamon, tamarind, cardamom, nutmeg or other spices to enhance the flavor. Betel nut chewing is commonly indulged in after dinner. The mass is worked in the mouth without swallowing; the process stimulates a copious flow of saliva which is continuously expectorated. Although it has been compared with chewing tobacco, betel nuts do not contain the harmful ingredients of tobacco. In fact, betel nut chewing may have some medicinal value, such as counteracting overacidity and producing a mild stimulation and feeling of well being.
Zuma
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Betel nuts will turn your mouth red. Trust me, those aren't Betel Nuts in the picture.
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Betel nuts will turn your mouth red. Trust me, those aren't Betel Nuts in the picture.
and your teeth black, right Momma son 68-69 Bob
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Ever seen one of these? I lived in the Philippines my first 5 years.
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Sure--- thats for Baluts and cock fighting money >:D
Zuma
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I have a buddy who lives in China, the ones he has brought back were already wrapped. They were from the outside in, leaf, calcium grit and betel nut. They are a stimulant, they gave me a head ache, and I hear the folks who chew them a lot wear their teeth down from the grit. I thought they were addictive too. I might be wrong about that though. I do know that I chewed a couple one afternoon and they gave me a head ache. My 2 cents, dpg
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I hear stories of what I was fed as a toddler. Apparently that was on the menu. I wonder if it accounts for why I'll eat about anything...except an overripe banana. Gross.