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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Getting that nightshade smoothie 😎

[–] Ferris 4 points 2 years ago

datura nightmare hallucinations 😎

[–] essellburns@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How many of those Solanum species are poisonous? New flavours indeed!

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even if you exclude that, I can't imagine a Solanum tuberosum smoothie would be that delicious

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can imagine it. I've never had another potato-based item that isn't 10/10.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Mashed potatoes anyone?

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Baba ganoush is pretty good

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the only smoked smoothies out there!

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brisket smoothie. Your comment put that image in my head so I want it to be everyone else's problem now

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I think the formula was "preexisting 'fruit' pureΓ© generally considered a vegetable" not a pitch for new episodes of "Will It Blend?" πŸ€—

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Came here to say that!

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Chilis peppers are also fruit, and there's smoothie of them.

[–] metallic_z3r0 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Just one of the many forms of pepper smoothie.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I make banging pineapple kiwi salsa. It's basically a spicy smoothie with Hungarian wax peppers.

[–] VelvetGentleman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Tomato toxic when it green, but delicious when it red. Creeping nightshade toxic when it green, but has anyone even tried it when it red? Probably delicious.

[–] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Since when are green tomatoes toxic? I eat fried green tomatoes every summer...

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago

Oh, I'm.... I'm so sorry.

[–] Skezlarr@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

From just some cursory googling it looks like they are toxic when raw, but frying them neutralizes the toxicity. That's probably why you've never noticed!

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Potatoes fall into this category too of both delicious and nightshade fun. So tastes great like anti freeze but it takes a lot longer to finally get you.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What? I love green tomatoes:(

[–] dumples@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have eaten American Black Nightshade berries before. They taste like tiny tomatoes mixed with blueberries. I haven't had a full smoothie of them before though

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah was gonna say a smoothie of black nightshade would be great.

[–] dumples@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Would need some other fruits for flavor but would be a good addition

[–] sheepishly@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

That Weird Fruit Explorer guy on Youtube has made some pretty interesting solanum smoothies and weird ketchups.

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Demetrius, give it a fucking rest.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Fruit is a culinary term as well as a botanical one and all the "tomatos are fruit" discourse stems from mixing them up and is therefore stupid.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know why tomatoes are always the go-to "technically a fruit"

There are ones that are a lot weirder

Legumes are also fruits, so peanut butter is a smoothie

Heck, refried beans are a smoothie!

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Because some people dont have the mindset of yhe biological(the scientific mindset) and culinary(the common mindset) seperate.

Tomato is common for it because its a fruit biologically and a vegetable culinarily.

Other examples of it in common practice is "berries". Culinarily, strawberries and raspberries are berries, and bananas arent. Biologically its the opposite.

[–] Hundun@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know what, cucumber is not even a fruit, but once you try adding just a little to your fruit smoothie, there'll be no turning back.

[–] ray@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cucumber is a fruit though

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space -5 points 2 years ago

All fruits are technically vegetables as they are edible parts of plants.