Not only that, I'm quite sure green pinecones are edible and still eaten in parts of the world. To me it seems the mosaic indeed shows what looks like a "young

Not only that, I'm quite sure green pinecones are edible and still eaten in parts of the world. To me it seems the mosaic indeed shows what looks like a "young" pine cone (i.e. you see square platelets), not the open one you would get pinecone nuts from. A quick googling suggests a few Russian recipes[0] though I feel I had them somewhere in Greece. [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rbth.com/russian-kitchen/329953-4-russian-recipes-pine-cones/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rbth.com/russian-kitchen/32...