SC - Thickeners

[Nick Sasso]

Lest we forget paper making.  there are very fine fibers in this plant
that make very fine grade paper.  I do not remember exactly how, but it
is done in Japanese cultures and, IIRC, even in our SCA time window.

niccolo
(no references available. . . read it someone's docs for Japanese paper
making at Kingdom A&S)

DianaFiona at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 7/14/00 3:27:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:
> 
> <<
>  The three uses of kudzu are fodder, forage and root starch.
> 
>  Save the house, raise more goat.
> 
>  Bear
>   >>
>     You missed a couple, I think.......... There is an extract made from the
> plant that is used in Chinese medicine, at least. The main effect of it that
> I can recall is that is a help in treating alcoholism, though there may well
> be more. Also, I believe the young shoots can be eaten as a potherb, and
> possibly the roots would be edible as well--I can't remember for sure. Then
> there's the studies on making paper from the plant--it's evidently a better
> fiber source than the trees we currently use!
>     Somewhere I have bookmarked an interesting website on Kudzu, but can't
> for the life of me find where I've filed it! I think it even had a few
> recipes.......... Anyone else have the link handy?
> 
>                         Ldy Diana
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