How to Eat Sunflower Seeds (with Pictures)

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To eat the sunflower seed, run your tongue over the salty shell, crack it with your teeth, and spit it out before chewing the actual seed. Repeat the procedure. This article will teach you how to become a professional seed eater, that is, an individual who can eat them while dealing with other chores.

Steps

Part 1 of 2: Learning the Technique

Step 1. Get a bag of sunflower seeds

You can buy the ones that have already been peeled, but it is much more fun to eat those that require a little more effort. Choose the type you prefer: flavored or just salty.

Step 2. Put a seed in your mouth

Start with just one until you can master the movements perfectly.

Step 3. Move the seed inside the mouth, it is easier to break the shell with the side teeth than in the front

Step 4. Put the seed between your teeth, use your tongue to do it

Place the seed vertically or horizontally, depending on your preference. However, the important thing is that the edges of the seed are in contact with the teeth.

With the molars, crack the shell. There is a gap between the two halves of the shell which contain the seed.
The procedure is more difficult if you use the incisors, you risk the semen slipping and scratching your gums.

Step 5. Apply firm, steady pressure until the shell cracks

It should happen in an instant, as soon as the pressure reaches the correct level of intensity. However, don't bite hard enough to shatter the whole thing.

Step 6. Open your mouth and let the semen fall on your tongue

Step 7. Separate the inner seed from the shell

Use your tongue and teeth to do this. The texture of the various parts will guide you: the inside and edible part is smooth, the shell is rough.

Step 8. Spit out the shell fragments

After a little practice, you will be able to open the shell like a clam and the operations will be less "messy".

Step 9. Eat the seed

Part 2 of 2: Eat Large Amount of Seeds

Step 1. Put a bite of seeds in your mouth. Some baseball players manage to hold half a bag at a time and then chew the seeds within an hour

The "reserve" of seeds can be retained in the cheeks.

Step 2. Move the seeds to one cheek

They all have to stay in one place in the mouth to be able to control them.

Step 3. Move a seed to the other side of the mouth

Use the language for this.

Step 4. Break the shell

With your tongue you put the seed between the molars and bite to break the shell.

Step 5. Spit out the shell and eat the seed

Step 6. Repeat the process with another seed

Move them one by one from the "conservation" cheek to the other, break the shell with the molars, spit it out and eat the semen.

Step 7. As you get good, increase the amount of seeds you can hold in your mouth

This way you reduce the number of times you have to fill your mouth, just like the pros do.

Advice

If you are indoors, spit the shells into a cup or other container. Be that as it may, try to be courteous enough to avoid disturbing others with the annoying noise of spit.
If you are really a seed enthusiast, try planting sunflowers yourself, and harvesting the seeds. You can then decide the amount of salt you prefer.
Don't be discouraged if you fail on the first try. The "Professional Seed Eaters" have years of experience behind them, and make this complicated operation seem really simple. With practice, you too will become perfect.
Get a container to spit out the shells if you eat the seeds while driving.
To avoid disturbing your colleagues, try to break the shell with your mouth closed, thus minimizing the volume of the irritating crunch.
Be careful not to bite your tongue as you open the shell with your mouth.

Warnings

Excessive consumption of seeds could have laxative effects, due to the effect of the fibers contained in the seeds themselves.
Eating them for a long time could make your tongue sore or numb, due to the salt contained in the seeds.
Be careful not to choke while chewing.
Consult your doctor or nutritionist to make sure you can consume 110 mg of sodium (average content of an individual serving of sunflower seeds) per meal. Check the nutritional values on the sunflower seeds package.

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