Re:Gluten Free Antarctica
by pbhjpbhj on Friday December 21, 2018 @10:01AM
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>The kernel of a nut is called nut meat, //
It can be, but it's exceedingly rare IME.
I'm trying to remember but can't quite, there are other non-flesh things someone referred to as meat too, after a similar line to your nut example. It's an analogy, you peel back the skin and underneath is the "flesh" (like a peach, or any fruit).
You could say, when carving a pumpkin, "get right in to the meat of it", but it's euphemistic in this case.
It can be, but it's exceedingly rare IME.
I'm trying to remember but can't quite, there are other non-flesh things someone referred to as meat too, after a similar line to your nut example. It's an analogy, you peel back the skin and underneath is the "flesh" (like a peach, or any fruit).
You could say, when carving a pumpkin, "get right in to the meat of it", but it's euphemistic in this case.
English language is crazy.