Are grains (like rice, wheat, barley) edible right off the plant? Or are they like corn-on-the-cob, where it's?!

I've seen people "munch" on milled/polished but raw rice as sort of snack but it never more than a teaspoon or two. Thing is rice off the vine is covered in a very tough husk that takes some effort to remove. Farmers have to dry the rice first before the husk becomes brittle enough to remove during milling. I have seen people chew on the stalks of wheat but not the actual raw grain.

Corn depending on variety is edible enough to eat raw. People also suck on the cob after the grain is removed because it has a sweetish, milk-like liquid inside it.

Rice wheat and barley can be eaten raw sure. But they are very hard to chew and even harder to digest.

Sweet corn can more easily be eaten and digested raw.

they are edible and corn is very edible right off the plant actually lots of people eat corn uncooked but the grains are very hard and tough but munch away if you like that sort of thing

Have you tried eating raw rice before? It is hard and inedible. You need to cook them before you can eat them.

rice, wheat and barley are best processed or sprouted but I love eating fresh sweet corn on the cob right off the stalk....you should try it!

Grains are better cooked....but I must disagree with you about the corn. I don't think there is much difference between cooked and uncooked corn...

Generally, no. Your stomach acids just won't break them down. Oh, I guess you could eat them, but if they didn't make you sick, you wouldn't get any or much nutritional value out of them.

Rice hulls and wheat mids are widely used to feed cattle in feedlots. Humans can't digest them but instead of sending them to the landfill, cattle can eat them and turn them into quality beef. That's where a lot of corn cobs go, too.

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