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Old 07-05-2012, 09:48 PM
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Orange seeds

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Old 07-05-2012, 09:52 PM
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Are you sure this is about orange seeds?
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:52 PM
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Swallow. Orange seeds, watermelon seeds. I hate spitting.
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Old 07-05-2012, 10:50 PM
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5 Orange Pips!
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Old 07-05-2012, 10:50 PM
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Chew, then swallow.

I also eat apple seeds, apple cores watermelon seeds, watermelon rinds, lemon seeds, lemon peels, and those dopey sprigs of parsley too. I swallow cherry seeds, although I don't chew them: too tough.

I learned to eat from my dad. He learned to eat from his horse.

(BTW, yes, apple seeds are poisonous...but I checked with the local poison information center and they said it's okay to go ahead and eat them, so long as you don't make an entire apple-seed milkshake. A couple apples a day won't add up to enough to harm anyone.
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Old 07-05-2012, 11:15 PM
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5 Orange Pips!
I've always wondered how you guys eat with those white hoods on!

I spit most fruit seeds. Watermelon are ok to eat. I eat pomegranate seeds and sunflower shells (slowly, or else they build up into an inedible mass). I can eat edamame (soybean) pods and sometimes do, which weirds people out.

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Old 07-05-2012, 11:49 PM
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Are you sure this is about orange seeds?
Yeah, are "orange seeds" the new euphemism around here?
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Old 07-06-2012, 05:55 PM
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Neither. They don't enter my mouth. Mostly because I don't generally eat oranges with seeds, but occasionally because I've had to pick them out.
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Old 07-06-2012, 06:10 PM
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I chose 'spit', but I'm with BigT: they don't ever get to my lips.

I eat sunflower seed shells, though. That's where all the flavor is!
I have ingested a decent amount of lemon seeds since moving here, however. Fresh cut lemons everywhere means I use them in everything and I can't be arsed to fish the seeds out of my posole.
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Old 07-06-2012, 07:09 PM
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I don't eat oranges with seeds either, so neither.
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Old 07-06-2012, 07:25 PM
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Seedless.

If there are seeds, I pick them out before I eat the orange. Because seeds are icky.
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Old 07-06-2012, 08:35 PM
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It would never even occur to me to eat the seeds, but yeah, the correct answer is
3) navel oranges
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Old 07-06-2012, 09:14 PM
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neither.

i candle my citrus fruit sections, then remove any seeds before eating the section.
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