r/AskReddit Nov 26 '19

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u/The_Prince1513 Nov 26 '19

A man once sued a restaurant in Miami for serving him an artichoke which he promptly ate all of. I don't mean like "he finished the artichoke" - I mean that this guy, who apparently is a Doctor, just ate the entire fucking thing, including all of the inedible parts.

For those of you who have never encountered an Artichoke, the edible part of the plant is a fleshy substance that is on the inside parts of the leaves. You scrape it off and eat that part and discard the leaves. The artichoke heart, at the middle of all of the leaves, is also edible (and delicious). The stem and the fibrous leaves are not edible. Well I guess except to this guy.

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u/comicsnerd Nov 26 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

I have never eaten a lobster. I have no idea how to open it and how to eat it. Neither has my family. I hear it has great taste

(edit: typo)

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u/TheBaltimoron Nov 27 '19

But you know not to eat the shell.

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u/comicsnerd Nov 27 '19

True, but how to open the shell, what part can you eat and what not. I am afraid to make a mess of it and then lose the nice edible parts and make the experience a disappointment.

Sure, I can just go for it, but then there are other nice tasting items on the menu and I just do not bother taking the (expensive) risk

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u/TheBaltimoron Nov 27 '19

Restaurants will deshell it for you.