Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:53:57 +0200 Lines: 89 Message-ID: <5jltqlx6e3.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <5FLzQ.110783$OHH2.12315@fx14.iad> <10aoava$1jlb8$1@dont-email.me> <10aq40u$226u4$1@dont-email.me> <10arceg$2argp$1@dont-email.me> <1rq7qlxm4i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10askgh$2m1mf$1@dont-email.me> <10atf47$2r607$1@dont-email.me> <10auv64$37rm5$1@dont-email.me> <1r5rqlxe2m.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10bh6qn$3s17u$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VL1OF6V7tCn4QcpW0s5FFAfBznqMfnXLnkgPBgtFKR6Xvi5Ibb X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:CUZIR6SstvgB1fuBRhdW0QtXNkw= sha256:aHqN+FdQbmXDIXGDzz7bPyV33gcOLRKsYRJ/G+M6jp4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10bh6qn$3s17u$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75482 On 2025-09-30 20:16, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > On 9/30/25 03:28, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-09-30 04:00, rbowman wrote: >>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:12:49 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> >>>> I have not been able to locate a video of harvesting lettuce near here. >>>> There is a tractor machine, and people sitting on a wide bench, >>>> collecting them and placing them on a bench. On another part of the >>>> machine, other people cut the bad leaves and bag them, ready for >>>> sale at >>>> the supermarket. Maybe they are washed, depends. >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OilUbKhGD8 >> >> I don't recognize that type of lettuce. > >     Looks like curly green escarole. > >     So many sorts but I like butter lettuce which is available at a lot > of markets, packed in plastic containers with the root still attached. > If you add a very little water it helps keep the lettuce longer. > The lettuce is grown hydroponically. When you get it with the roots on > it is alive. > container-on-table-gm2164198960-584488559?searchscope=image%2Cfilm> We don't get that in my area. We produce a lot of lettuce for export, so those do not get in. >>> Why >>> look forward to fresh sweet corn if it's always available? This time of >>> year many people were canning the end of the harvest. >> >> I eat it canned, or frozen and boiled. Complete as it comes from the >> plant is rare here. >> > >     I hope it has been properly treated to make it more digestible. Canned are boiled already. I assume at least part of the boiling happens inside the can as part of the preserving process. The frozen grain bags are just separated from the cob, then frozen as soon and fast as possible. So it needs several minutes of boiling before eating. (just heard on the radio a part of what Trump said to the generals. Wow) >     I confine myself to eating fresh so-called green corn which i microwave >  for 2 minutes on the cob.  A very little salt and some margarine then my >  big front teeth get a real workout. >     Making corn more digestible involves boiling it with a little wood ash >   or lye.  Found that out from a Speculative Fiction story. Discovered thousands >  of years back by the people who bred the the corn we eat today. >     The process makes the niacin in the corn more available and converts >  some of the starch to sugar. Oh. No idea about the ash. Never heard it. > >     So far off topic I needed some Linux news to balance. > :-) > Linux Lite 7.6: Plenty for Windows Refugees, But Too Dumbed Down for > Comfort > By bride of linux September 30, 2025 > > While it’s very commendable that Linux Lite is going after a particular > user – people who might be unhappy with Windows 11 – treating these new > users like digital imbeciles leaves a lot to be desired. > refugees-but-too-dumbed-down-for-comfort/> > >     It is only 20 years of Linux use  that keeps me from being a total > digital imbecile... >     The other 9 or 10 years of other than Linux use help too. > > bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.09- Linux 6.12.49-pclos1- KDE > Plasma 6.4.5 -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;