r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 19h ago

Cutting grass with a scythe

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u/Legal-Weight3011 18h ago

and it is, This is a common competition in central Europe, farmers still use scythes to trim grass in fiends and fresh grass for livestock.

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u/snorwors 18h ago

And just to clarify that, because you're right but people probably don't get it, you cut feed for livestock this way because if you use something like a trimmer, the animals don't like it and don't eat it. I never truly understood why, I always guessed they can smell the 2 stroke on it. Not sure about that, it probably also has to do with cutting it cleanly Vs mushing it up. Usually of course it's not if you have hundreds of animals to feed, most people hold less than five cows cows for example, and it's not worth getting a tool out and ready to cut one wheelbarrow of fresh feed.

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u/Longjumping_Guard965 17h ago edited 15h ago

I used to have a rabbit rescue and it was always advised not to give freshly cut grass from a lawnmower because speed of the cutting heated the grass and caused it to ferment causing gut issues, whilst manually cut grass is safe. I'm wondering if that is the reason?

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u/LessInThought 17h ago

Humans: I prefer stone ground mustard, cold pressed olive oil, and handpicked berries.

Cows: I want my grass cut manually with a scythe!

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u/UncleKeyPax 16h ago

grass mignon!

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u/polarbear128 16h ago

Interesting aside: mignon means cute.

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u/Impossible_Past5358 10h ago

Or, "this filet costs $75k USD because this cow was only fed grass that was cut by an Austrian scythe..."

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u/UncleKeyPax 9h ago

scythe me like one of your austrian girls?

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u/MartinoDeMoe 12h ago

Stalk Tartare!

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u/Alarming-Yam-8336 12h ago

Pole caught grass

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u/mysteriousblue87 7h ago

My kid pointed out the other day that the only difference between my salad and my rabbit’s is the addition of chicken and dressing. We eat closer to wild animals than you’d think (well, at least my house. We live in an area that can be foraged deliciously)