IF you still haven't cleaned up your freshly cut Christmas tree from the recent festive season, there may be a better option than chopping it up and putting it in the green bin.
British tabloid the Daily Star is quoting several "top chefs" who reckon it's better to snack on your tree in order to boost your Vitamin C intake.
The report cites Rene Redzepi, the owner of the world's most expensive (and soon-to-close) restaurant, Noma in Copenhagen, who said his eatery has been using pine needles in its menus for more than two decades.
"Think of it as rosemary - you can use it in just about anything," he apparently said.
Other options for the leftover festive ornament include using it in drinks and infusions, as well as making pine ash by burning the trunk in an oven and then using it as a flavouring agent.
The idea has caught on so much that baker Julia Georgallis (pictured) has even written a book - creatively named How to Eat Your Christmas Tree - in which she notes that "you can pretty much eat the whole thing".
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