[Sca-cooks] Kudzu, was Mute Swan

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

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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