Lemongrass, can you eat this, or do you just remove it from your dish and set it aside?!
Answers: If it is an elongated stick-shaped piece you probably wouldn't want to eat it. However if it were chopped finely (as when it is on top of some meat when it was being grilled/cooked) you can eat it with the meat.
Yes eat it....
I often use dried lemongrass in thai curries etc, but I always remove it as it is tough and woody and not really suitable to eat.
Yes you can, but only if it is cut early so not too woody and then sliced very thinly, as in Thai cooking.
I eat it. It tastes good.
Yes, it is edible. Either whole, or cut in various sized pieces.
Only parts of tender stalk are edible, some parts are very tough and fibrous. It imparts fantastic flavor and is harmless if eaten, it's a personal preference.
Tough to digest, Lemongrass is never meant to be eaten in any cuisine - they are use as flavoring.
it is edible and usually used for cooking by adding it in to give a pleasent smell to strike one's appetite.
the structure is fibrous like sugarcane.the taste and smell comes from its inner juice that you get by boiling and squeezing.however,it is possible to eat its fibrous structure just by blending it into a paste,just like how to eat lemon skin.make sure it is finely blended and not dry or else,it'll feel like eating wood husk.yuks!
If the lemongrass was used as a marinade then you can eat it. However, if it's in soup just set it aside because the piece is probably to big to chew.
I agree with JWyahoo's answer.
You can certainly eat it but if it is too woody then you don't have to.