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Can't think of a vegetable that is only one-third edible.

I would imagine peanuts in the shell probably have close to half the weight being the inedible shells. What about a coconut? I'm sure there is some kind of vegetable product where you don't eat 2/3 of it.

For instance; Peas. I hate peas, so I consider them well short of one-third edible.

Maybe the Surface Pro should be called the Microsoft Eat Your Peas.

I bought a 500 gram bag of pistachio nuts shelled them and found that exactly half of the weight was the shell.

It's the Surface Pistachio.

Oh, I got one! Not a vegetable, but lobster is sold by the pound, but it's only 20% edible meat.

Ha yeah, good one! Bone-in meat is probably bad too (more than 20% edible, but still...)

Sell genetically engineered lobsters that have a far lower meat:crap ratio and see if people are upset when you do a poor job of disclosing that.

You can always use the inedible parts to make vegetable stock

Chocos (Chayote).

That shit is 100% inedible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote

Actually, I eat that fairly regularly in Thailand, and it's pretty good (and 100% edible) if cooked right :)

Diced in a Thai curry maybe. But served as an unadorned wedge on the side in a meat and three veg meal. Yuck.

Corn-on-the-cob is the closest I can think of, but they're typically sold by the unit rather than by weight.

Artichoke.

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