# Edibility of grass

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-grass/591485>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-grass/591485 "2011-08-04T17:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-grass/591485/41 "2011-08-11T01:54:45Z")

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I’m reminded of the Dr. Kellogg character type in “The Road to Wellville”, boasting of the benefits of his whole-grain diet:

“My turds are only slightly moist, firm, and have no more smell than a warm muffin.”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-grass/591485/42 "2011-08-11T03:53:48Z")

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Quoth **Spoke** :

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> I don’t know about grass, but a lot of people ate dandelions .

That’s not because they’re starving; that’s because dandelions are yummy. Harvest them in the spring before the first flowering, and eat them raw.

Quoth **constanze** :

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> Dandelions are now fashionable as salad because they’re nutritious (you only have to avoid the white milk, but the young leaves and I think also the roots?, are good to eat).

I was eating dandelion before eating dandelion was cool. My gramma made dandelion salad every year for Easter, and now I’m keeping up the tradition.

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