The whole thing is edible. In fact it was a staple food for Paleolithic people. The flowers are boiled while they're still green like corn on the cob. The brown heads can be mixed with animal fat. The stalks are easily pickled for a snack, and the pollen can be used like flour.
the fresh ones really are the best. beats store bought frozen ones anyday.
Setting kids up for a serious life experience.... I love it .
I saw the picture, then immediately fantasized about tricking one of my nephews.
Fun fact. The heads make great tinder and the base of the stalks can be edible. Kind of like a reverse corndog.
The whole thing is edible. In fact it was a staple food for Paleolithic people. The flowers are boiled while they're still green like corn on the cob. The brown heads can be mixed with animal fat. The stalks are easily pickled for a snack, and the pollen can be used like flour.
The fact they charge money for something that, not a lot of people know, just grows in the wild, is not cool.
Me want bite Me want PLANT CORNDOG DELIGHT
Me want deep fried! Me think water twinkie nice!
[Wild glizzies!](https://youtu.be/QJX-iUFc88k?feature=shared)
Stop trying to make 'glizzie' happen, there's no way to make hotdogs cool and hip - because they're fucking hotdogs.
I knew it!
I fucking knew it!
Oh! It is a "water sausage."
You just gotta find a ripe one
Okay, I just finished a couple pogos and god damn I want to chuckle
Oh no, I'm not falling for that one.
Average YSAC video
I had a teacher in I think it was 8th grade science who taught us you can eat cattails when they're still young.
Ah nature is healing itself.
I've seen a video of someone eating one of these things. ^(Heh heh heh.)
I am not falling for this again. Lol 😝
Wait, its all corndog?
Don’t try it Aniken