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You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you just eat?
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You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you just eat?
It's
Corn
Because
You throw away the leaves covering the ear of corn, and then boil/cook the inside. You then eat the kernels but then throw away the center piece.
This is a chestnut, a riddle commonly asked in magazines and the internet.
I have seen the answers, but why isn't it...
Chicken
You throw away the outside and cook the inside
You throw away the feathers and cook the chicken.
Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside
You eat the chicken, and throw away the bones.
You ate
corn on the cob
You throw away the outside and cook the inside
You shuck the corn and throw away the leafy covering
Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside
You eat the kernels and throw away the cob
You ate
Corn. You throw away the husk and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside of the cob and throw the cob away.
I thought it might be
meringue
since
you throw out the eggshell and the yolk, only eating the egg white
I bought a package of chocolate peanuts. I threw away the packaging, then sucked the chocolate off the peanuts and threw the peanuts away.