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[geneviamoas at juno.com]

In _The Book of Kudzu a culinary & healing guide_ by William Shurtleff&
Akiko Aoyagi
ISBN 0-89529-287-4 c.1985. Avery Publishing group.  It sounds like there
are a lot of uses for and people using Kudzu. I even managed to try some
out and found them surprisingly good.  It also teases you with 7 pages of
how to prepare and weave with kudzu fibers. Would I grow it willingly?
Not! But if its gonna grow any way adopt a japanese persona and put the
stuff to good use. Just a thought. It also tells you how to eradicate it
by the way.  Genevia

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998 06:27:59 EDT CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:
>> Now wait a minum Corwyn. Kudzu is quite edible, the fibers can be 
>made
>>  into fine cloth and paper and in a pinch can be used as fodder for
>>  livestock. Valuable stuff you've got there. You sure you want to go
>>  giving away green gold? - Genevia
>
>We could give it away by the ton and have more the next year. I think 
>it's
>related to mint<g>. I've read all about kudzu, and aside from the 
>occasional
>farmer who lets his livestock out to graze on it, nobody makes use of 
>it. 
>
>I've been thinking of "pickeling" the young leaves in brine like you 
>do grape
>leaves and making southern dolmodies(sp?). I also thought of candying 
>the
>flowers, whick smell like a grape lollypop, fresh they taste starchy, 
>but
>candied perhaps....
>
>These are all projects for the future though... until then
>
>Corwyn
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