##Beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
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List of Subspecies
Due to its use as both a feedstock crop and a human food-crop, there are a great many cultivars of beetroot available for use. True subspecies are listed below:
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Beta vulgaris vulgaris - Common beetroot
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Beta vulgaris maritima - Sea-beet
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Beta vulgaris adanensis - Mediterranean beet
The first is a domesticated variety, whilst the latter pair are so-called "wild types", though the term is not really applicable to anything that has been extensively cultivated by humans.
Description and Lore
Also known as beet, common beetroot has been extensively domesticated and cultivated by humans for several thousand years. It is a Northern hemisphere food-crop plant, producing a bulbous root that is low in carbohydrates, but high in vital nutrients and minerals that are sometimes hard to obtain in other foods. Cultivars of it also exist, such as chard, sugar-beet (a high-sucrose cultivar used to produce cheap sugar) and the fodder plant (i.e. not usually consumed by humans) mangelwurzel.
As a biennial, this herbaceous, flowering plant requires that those who grow it do not neglect to sow their seeds every two years, and it requires two years to grow a decent-sized root for consumption. It's actually quite rare in the wild, since mostly it grows as a food-crop for humans and therefore crossovers between domestic and wild strains were very common in the early days. The edible portion is a modified taproot, which is usually a deep purple-red in colouration. Variants with different colourations do exist, such as pale yellow, white, and red-and-white stripey.
They are wind-pollinated, and as such their flowers are small and uninteresting. They are only a few millimetres wide, and have 5 petals. They produce clusters of hard nutlets as their seeds.
Uses
Beetroot has historically, and rather unusually, not really been indicated as a treatment for very much. Austrian traditional medicine recommends it as a respiratory treatment for disorde
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>"It's true," said the semiologist, "words are such poor vessels for meaning that any attempt to communicate using words is not only futile, but shows an abject lack of respect for the listener."
>"Damned straight", said the etymologist, "if you care so little about meaning that you'll try to corral it into a word, why, you might as well spit molten hot sick into a child's eyes."
>The etymologist spat on the ground.
>At this point the clubtender came in and laid out a club, a club, a club, a club and a club on the clubtop. The lexicographer chose the club, the etymologist chose the club, the semiologist chose the club, the seismologist chose the club and I chose the club.
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>>"Break open my chest and tuck my
>>Happy little clubs around you"
>The lexicographer laid down a crunchy beat (Beta vulgaris) and sang,
>>"Break open my chest and tuck my
>>Happy little clubs around you"
>The semiologist laid down (Anser caerulescens) and sang,
>>"Break open my chest and tuck my
>>Happy little clubs around you"
>The seismologist took a sip of her club and said, "I don't think we've met, but I came with the etymologist."
>The etymologist spat molten hot sick into a child's eyes.
>I had no idea what was happening, but overall I had an okay time.
Seneca, The Complete Silver Age Writings, Vol. II (Ad. 38-45), Β© Penguin Randomhouse, 2002
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For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
I am a hairdresser and have been doing Brazilian hair blow-drying in a salon for years. Evaporation of the product during blow-drying burns my eyes, my throat burns, sometimes I feel a burning sensation in my chest, I get headaches and sometimes migraines (I have had migraines for many years, but I noticed that I get them more often when I do more Brazilian treatments) , even some customers shed tears and have to keep their eyes closed while blow-drying.
Iβve never thought too much about the toxicity of the product, so I googled a bit and found a few articles that write about the dangers of the contents of Brazilian treatment products, so I decided to share with you some of the substances found in CHOCOCOCO and their side effects:
- Stearic Acid - Inhalation may cause chemical pneumonitis
- Behentrimonium chloride is considered toxic in concentrations of 0.1% and above and is suspected to cause skin and eye irritation.
- Phenoxyethanol is actually very harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin, especially for breastfeeding or infants, It can also have an effect on the brain and central nervous system. If you are exposed to the product several times a day, every day, it can accumulate and probably have a bad effect on you. The American Cancer Society warns that formaldehyde is a known carcinogen. This means it can cause cancer or help cancer grow. Formaldehyde can also trigger other side effects. May be toxic in concentrations of 1% or less. Tests show that keratin treatments contain unsafe levels of formaldehyde and other chemicals. The FDA has received dozens of product complaints. One hairdresser, for example, said her treatments caused her migraines, blurred vision, sore throat, nausea and loss of smell.
- Glycolic acid shows some inhalation toxicity and can cause damage to the respiratory system, thymus and liver if they are present at very high levels over a long period of time.
- Coumarin is moderately toxic to the liver and kidneys.
- Benzyl benzoate side effects: irritations of the skin, eyes, nose and throat that can cause severe symptoms such as burning, nausea, vomiting and damage to the liver and kidneys.
Some manufacturers claim that their keratin treatment does not contain formaldehyde, although there are studies that state the opposite.
I would just like to briefly explain the process of Brazilian blow-drying for those who do not know:
- Hair is washed with a special sha
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Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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