Can humans safely eat grass??

[MikeH]

Sure but it gets you pretty mashed.

[The Mad Monk]

I'm making the admittedly far-fetched assumption that Z isn't refering to marriage-wanna

[East Street Trader]

You can certainly pluck the long stemmed sort and chew on the whitish bit at the end.

But I think the green blade takes a whole heap of digesting.

Cows do need seven stomaches, after all.

[The Mad Monk]

Oh, there's no way we could get any significant nutritional value -- not without a fully functioning appendix or "outside assistance", anyway.

[CerberusIV]

There is a lot of silica in grass plants. If you eat enough it wears away your teeth. This actually happens to wild animals and they starve to death if something else doesn't eat them first.

[MikeH]

Will that happen from me eating breast implants too?

[CerberusIV]

Originally posted by MikeH
Will that happen from me eating breast implants too?

Silica isn't the same as silicone.

But you could try it and let us know.

[duke o' york]

Yes.
We'll e-mail you in chokey - promise!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Barring pesticides or other contamination, sure.

Just don't expect to get anything out of it.

The below-ground stem of the grass blade has a sweet root. I would be surprised if there wasn't some nutritional value to humans in it

Digesting cellulose, of course, is the province of cows, not people.

[Meticulous Man]

I guess eating grass can alleviate the sense of hunger if you've got nothing else to eat.

[MikeH]

Nah, gives you the munchies!

[duke o' york]

Yeah!

Lose weight and influence people with the duke o' york grass diet!

(Deities need not apply )

[Meticulous Man]

It depends on what kind of grass we are talking about.

[East Street Trader]

What would a fully functioning appendix do, then, MM?

[Elok]

Er, do I get to be the first to ask why he wants to know? I'm guessing Zylka's been marooned on Easter Island or something.

Dandelion leaves supposedly have some decent nutritional value for humans, BTW. They're a good survival food if you ever happen to wind up homeless in suburbia. Mix yourself a salad to go with your pigeon.