Robert Bonomi wrote:

"First you throway the outside.
And you cook the inside.
Then you eat the outside,
and throw away the inside."

This might go the way of hardwoods - tomatos...

I recall a story about the Spanish explorers who saw the local
people picking and boiling some kind of bush bean. They explained
to the Spaniards that the fresh beans had a horrible, bitter
taste until boiled three times in fresh water. No one's terribly
certain how it came about; but the Spaniards took up the practice
of boiling the beans, then discarding the beans and drinking the
water.

Hm. My cup's empty.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA