There were a couple bouquets of roses that we had to move... So someone dared me to eat a rose... I'm an all-food tryer, and I knew roses are edible, so I agreed. Not a good decision. First of all, I had no clue where those roses came from, and I didn't know if they had any pesticides on them.
I put the whole rose in my mouth at once, and started chewing; it was about the diameter of a baseball. It made my mouth incredibly chalky, and the bitter taste was so strong it was enough to provoke even my natural instincts of spitting it back out. I swallowed about three times in all, needing to take breaks in between. It was insanely hard to get down.
I finally swallowed all of it, and I was handed a $10 dollar bill. I was sent to the nurse because I realized it could've had pesticides. The nurse called the poison control center and got a response from the other end saying I should, "give them to my girlfriend instead of eat them". But he confirmed I had nothing to worry about.
It's about 6 hours after I ate it, and had really no side effects, except a little flushed cheeks immediately after consuming the rose. No stomach upset, no nausea. That being said, it was worth the $10.
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