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Offline oldcoastie6468

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A bit of trivia
« on: January 05, 2014, 09:01:03 AM »
What is the only plant or tree from which we eat the flower and not the fruit?
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Re: A bit of trivia
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2014, 09:06:11 AM »
Broccoli.
But it's not the only.
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Re: A bit of trivia
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2014, 09:09:07 AM »
Broccoli.
But it's not the only.

Incorrect response. It's a sweet delicacy to some people.
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Re: A bit of trivia
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2014, 07:23:47 PM »
There are about 25 edible "flowers", of which broccoli is one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_flowers

Which did you ha e in mind?
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist