That's just taking the pith
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Like a freshly shorn scrotum. Exquisite.
Succulent, perhaps...?
Like a Chinese me..GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!
..never thought I'd reference that video twice in one day in COMPLETELY different contexts, let alone that it would be THAT part both times rather than the vastly superior "are you also awaiting my limp penis?"
This is democracy manifest
Like activated almonds.
its breathtaking, I suggest you try it
I don't get it
I think the idea is that the person would go through the tedious work of removing all the stringy bits from an orange on the other person's behalf.
My pervert brain first saw it as a metaphor for shaving everything.
But for most people that would count as "tedious work" too, so the underlying message would be the same either way.
You're not the only one with a pervy brain. I thought it was a metaphor for sex.
I thought someone was going to fuck the orange and was terribly confused.
I suggest a grapefruit
That’s beautiful
Looks like a tangerine. Still tedious, but much easier than an orange.
Why would someone do that ?
because the stringy bits, like the rind, are bitter, which changes the flavour of the fruit.
For most citrus the pith has no flavor at all, definitely not bitter. Most people object to the texture and blandness/lack of flavor, which I can understand. I have a bunch of citrus trees in my yard, and learned to not mind the pith, mainly due to laziness (I eat a lot of oranges) - and it's a good source of fiber.
That's beautiful
You either don't have kids, or they're not horribly picky eaters like mine.
The stringy bits of an orange are tedious to remove. But if you ask my children, they're also poisonous and taste like death.
They're pretty bitter when you're young, but your taste buds usually become less sensitive to it as you age.
Also comes to mind: grapefruit method
I can still hear her in my mind....
No, I wouldn't even for me.
I'll make 27 trips downstairs to the fridge for you
I'll work double overtime
I'll hold your hair while you're puking
Peeling oranges that well is a layer of hell best left unvisited.
Marry me now.
Pith off!
I'm the one who does that. Still available.
tears in my eyes..
tears in my fucking eyes.
Pectinase'll dissolve the pith if you're a particular kind of weird, lazy nerd
Interesting. I didn't know that's what that breed of dog is for.
You know that the white part is the most healthy? Just saying, not implying anything
That's rather simplistic.
If you need fiber and usually eat too many sugars, then yeah, maybe.
If on the other hand you're malnourished and have scurvy, the actual fruit would be the "most healthy."
I’m not an expert, but I’ve heard from experts that in a modern world where everyone consumes an abundance of sugar, eating the fibers help with absorbing the fruit’s sugars in a healthier way.
And let’s be honest, just look at america, just about everyone could afford to cut sugar and get more fibers. And fruits are by far the best source of fiber. The way I see it, I paid for the skin so I’m gonna eat the skin.
A healthy diet is a balanced one
That's why you can't say things like "x is healthier than y" when comparing something that isn't like eating lead
I would definitely say Americans shouldn't be peeling the pith away, but then I don't really think anyone should.
I hereby apologize for being simplistic on a meme community. Also I am privileged enough to never have suffered from scurvy. I am sorry for invisiblizing this sickness. Thanks for reminding me of my privileges.
As if it mattered where you were. You were trying to go "uhm, aktually", but it's incorrect info, so I corrected it.
For most people, the actual fruit is the healthier choice. Eating what is essentially pure fiber without even any nutrients (they're all in the fruit itself mostly) wouldn't really be the "more healthy" choice for anyone.
You've just heard a parent say "actually that's the healthiest part" when you were a kid and didn't like eating it, but it's more folk wisdom because moms don't like cleaning little bits of pith from the floor than anything that relies on actual nutritional science.
You're welcome.
Can we agree that it's healthier to eat both? Because that's the actual choice here. No one it's only the white part and let's the fruit rot.
And my intention was to make a joke about seeing the bad thing in everything. "Look how much I care about you, I peeled it to the fullest" "Do you want me to eat an unhealthy diet?" Maybe not a very good joke but akshually I don't care
Can we agree that it’s healthier to eat both?
As in not remove the pith? Yes, we agree.
Both of you should just man up and eat the seeds and peel too.
What seeds?
But if I have subpar mandarins and there's the occasional one i usually just swallow it with the juices.
Peels can be used for drinks.
Yeah actually I quite like the peel in a cocktail or orange chicken. I was just joking around.
Western diet is actually notoriously low on fiber and high in sugar, and the citrus pith is also high in vitamin C.
So for many people eating the pith would actually be a healthier choice - in the context of their low fiber/high sugar diet.
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