[Sca-cooks] Kudzu, was Mute Swan
Lonnie D. Harvel
ldh at ece.gatech.edu
Sat Nov 6 18:20:50 PST 2004
There is a project at the Institute for Paper Science to make commercial
grade paper out of kudzu. They have met with some success. Talk about a
renewable resource! A local commedian here in Atlanta refers to those
signs, posts, trees, and buildings you see along the rode covered in
kudzu as... Southern Topiaries. :)
We also get fire ants moving in, that throw the ant killer back at you;
and every year or so someone claims that a killer bee swarm has finally
reached Georgia. (None that I know of yet.) We have also had a recent
bipedal invasion from above the Mason-Dixon line, but since they
conquered the place a whiles back, I guess it's there right. ;)
Aoghann
CorwynWdwd at aol.com wrote:
>The roots contain a starch known as Kuzu or Japanese Arrowroot, which you can
>get at the health food stores. The blossoms are purple and smell just like
>grape lollypops <G>. The roots are also usually about five or so feet deep, two
>or better feet thick and a real b*tch to dig out. Sooo, if you;re going to try
>to process your own kuzu I suggest a sturdy shovel and back and a sharp saw.
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