SC - Fwd: Kudzu as food

[Olwen the Odd]

I thought I would forward this along as it is mentioning kudzu as food.  
Wanted some feedback.
Olwen


>From: Moonshadow <doroket at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: SCAbasketry at egroups.com
>To: SCAbasketry at egroups.com
>Subject: [SCAbasketry] Kudzu
>Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:34:40 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi Juliette,
>
>Kudzu is a vine that was imported from Asia to the
>southern  part of the U.S. a few years ago as  an
>inexpensive yet  healthy way to feed the cattle.
>Unfortunately, no one told the farmers that is spreads
>like wild fire!  If not cut back twice a year the
>huge vines will cover  everything is comes  in contact
>with. So they spend much money here in Tennesee where
>I am, in Georgia and Alabama trying to  poison it.
>That  is to bad because in the spring Kudzu (kuzu in
>Japan) grows a beautiful  purple flower that smells
>similar to grape jelly. The flowers can be  made into
>jelly.   The vines make large strong baskets and
>fabric can be processed also.  The leaves
>are nutritious, taste like beans, in fact is a  member
>of the legume family.  Also, the root that grows
>extremely large, is cultuvated in Japan and used as
>a thickener similar to arrowroot. You might find it in
>the health food stores sold as kuzu.
>The rural farmers think that I am weird because I am
>from California, then they saw me making baskets out
>of something they think is quite pesky!!  Wish I had
>some grape vines, wanna trade?!
>Dorothy  8^)
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