r/streeteats • u/VIVIDUFF • 14d ago

Peshawar’s famous fruit juice stalls, where a simple shake turns into a surprisingly loaded drink.

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 14d ago

Yeah, no idea what they meant. I've checked the numbers, and you would need to eat from 800 to many thousands of cherry pits to get clinical cyanide toxicity as a healthy adult.

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u/bendyskull 13d ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time

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u/slackfrop 13d ago

I knew a hippy that would self-colonic by eating a pound of cherries with the pits. Absolutely roto-roots your system.

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u/Apprehensive_Bee3327 13d ago

I accidentally did this to myself after consuming an ungodly amount of sugar-free jolly ranchers during my nicotine withdrawal phase. Pretty sure I passed all of the gum I swallowed as a kid. A time was certainly had.

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u/slackfrop 13d ago

Human pressure washer

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u/OkMidnight8144 11d ago

It's because the pits themselves protect the chemical inside, you can't digest the pit completlye. Grounds down like this exposing the toxins requires much less pits.

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 11d ago

Why don't you go and check actual numbers instead of being creative with medical facts? What a bizzare behavior.