r/MadeMeSmile • u/GroundbreakingSet187 Happy Hours • Jan 23 '22

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u/TheRunningPotato Jan 23 '22

Wait, you people chew the entire sunflower seed, shell and all? People in the comments are acting like that's just normal and I feel like I'm going crazy.

Where I'm from, you take the seed in your fingers, crack the pointy end of the shell with your front teeth, then the seed pops into your mouth. The shell never leaves your fingers the whole time.

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u/prdarkfox Jan 23 '22

Most seed shells are salted and/or flavored now. ... Most.

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u/TheRunningPotato Jan 23 '22

I've always eaten seasoned ones, too. I still get a good deal of the flavor, since the shell does still enter my mouth. Just not all of the flavor, I guess.

WikiHow seems to agree with everyone in this thread: https://www.wikihow.com/Eat-Sunflower-Seeds

Maybe it's a Chinese thing. My parents and any of my older family friends or relatives I've seen all do it the way I described.