[Sca-cooks] Cat-tails (was meat "substitutes"- Rant)

[david friedman]

>In a message dated 1/3/02 11:59:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>ddfr at daviddfriedman.com writes:
>
><< The pollen. It looks like a yellow flour, and getting much of it is a
>  lot of trouble.
>  --
>  David/Cariadoc
>  http://www.daviddfriedman.com/ >>
>Your Grace and anyone out there who may answer these questions:
>Does pollen have the consistency of flour or is it more gritty?
>What does pollen taste like? Could it be used as a sweetner when sugar can
>not be used?
>Could pollen from other edible plants be used?
>
>I'm intrigued that the cattail pollen could be edible.

As best I recall, we collected some but never used it. This would
have been about thirty years ago. According to the book, it was
supposed to be used as a substitute for flour. My vague memory was
that the consistency was flour like.
--
David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
ddfr at best.com
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