How do you eat sunflower seeds?

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Originally posted by gkristian
i've herd that eating the shell isn't very good for you.

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It's quite yummy though. ;)

A lot of things aren't good for you.. but we do them everyday anyways. :p

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Originally posted by slleipnir
I like the salt on the shell but I spit them out and eat the seed

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that what I do too

Richard does it the professional way, same as I do..lol

I eat the seed only. Dante, my conure, absolutely loves cracking them open, but won't eat the seed. So I'll just put a handful of seeds in front of him... and in 30 seconds, no more shells. ;)

I have never tasted one! I am not able to eat anything like that, no nuts, seed of any roughage... :(

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Originally posted by Kfamr
It's quite yummy though. ;)

A lot of things aren't good for you.. but we do them everyday anyways. :p

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Very true:)

i either eat the shell or eat the seed but keep the shell in my mouth til the salt is gone.

I crack 'em open and eat the seeds...but if I'm too lazy, I'll eat the whole thing!;)

I take the lazy way out and buy the ones that are already shelled.:p

I eat the WHOLE thing. :) YUM!

I did not know you could eat the shell :eek:
I eat them like Richard and Gracie's mommy:D Gotta suck off the salt first, too.

Summer is the time for eating things like sunflower seeds and pistachios - throwing the seeds on the ground. I also like sunflower seeds already shelled - so good sprinkled into salads:D

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Originally posted by RICHARD
you take a bunch and stuff them in your mouth.

You cringe at all the salt, move them around in your cheeks, like a chipmuck, then use your tongue to position one into place,
crack the shell with your teeth, spit the shell out and then eat the seed.


Repeat as necessary.;)

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Exactly. Except I don't cringe at all the salt, I LOVE salt.

I think eating the shells is yucky .... like eating tree bark.

Same as Richard, except I love the salt. :) I stick maybe ten or so in at a time, crack them open with my molars, eat the seed and spit the shell out.

When I was little I didn't know you didn't have to eat the shell. My aunt told me that eating the shell was bad for you and could make you sick, so I was so paranoid after that lol. I don't even like the shell anymore. It tastes bad to me, and sometimes when you swallow it, the chunks will scratch your throat. It also gets caught in my teeth.

I crack the shell open, throw it away, and eat the seed. Popcorn and Muffin crack it open, eat the seed, then go back and chew on the shell too. :p He he he...

I suck the salt off the shell, crack it open and eat the seed. I have never tried to eat the shell.