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That's not true, 70% of all human crops are grasses. "Grass" is much more than just the typical American lawn.
Various grasses can be used as spices or herbs, like lemongrass, and the "warigal greens" mentioned are a type of spinach.
Maybe this is a cultural difference. In the USA we don't call any produce "grass", other than things like lemon grass, which gets called by its full name. No one would say "grass" when referring to spinach. Actual grass, like lawn grass, or plains grass, doesn't really have much nutritional value to us because our stomachs can't break it down enough.
Just because we don’t call it grass doesn’t mean things aren’t grass.
Pretty much all the grains we eat are grass seeds.
Crabgrass, Rice, Wheatgrass, Sorghum, Wheat, Bluegrass, Cat Grass, Brome, Rye, Goosegrass, Timothy grass.
All edible grass.
I find it amusing you used the term "actual grass" then tried to explain it to them as if they were somehow mistaken because of cultural differences.
No, sweetie, you're just ignorant.
Timothy Grass is my favorite psychedelic rock artist.
Thanks for curing me of my ignorance. I'll remember to say "I'd like a steaming hot bowl of grass" next time I order rice at a restaurant. You're the best!
I know this is getting downvoted but holy fuck I'm laughing
I don't understand why youre being down voted, it's like saying "oh yeah, love me some tomatoes in my fruit salad". Like sure, tomatoes are fruits, but you're not going to receive one if you ever like order "fruit".
And we also use grass to refer to marijuana, which is also not a grass.
Right? The conversation is easily solved with "she was eating salad greens, not actual grass". Pendants enjoying their pedantry.
Eh it depends on context. Lawn grass is one thing but wheat is a grass, palm "trees" are a grass. All kinds of things are grasses
I mean, it's maybe cultural to a degree, it's an Australian article and I'm American, but like, it's still grass. "Actual" isn't a scientific or technical term.
And for all we know, she was picking lemongrass in addition to the greens.
Nah it is commonly used to describe plants in the Poaceae family which includes grains, rice, bamboo, sugar cane and lots of others.
Spinach is not in that family.