Forage kudzu (Pueraria montana) in order to extract the starch from the roots.

[joel]

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - America’s most invasive plant!
• 02:13 - Identifying kudzu (Pueraria montana)
• 04:21 - How to find kudzu (for starchy roots)
• 06:50 - Precise calendar timing
• 07:03 - Tricks for finding kudzu root crowns
• 10:07 - How to dig kudzu roots
• 13:01 - Cleaning kudzu roots
• 14:38 - Processing the starch
• 25:08 - Cooking with kudzu starch
• 27:54 - What’s coming up!
• 28:17 - Dangerous lookalike (don’t skip!)

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[joel]

Anyone done this?
What would you use to get Starchy powder?
https://www.cerealsgrains.org/publications/cfw/2020/March-April/Pages/CFW-65-2-0018.aspx
Five species of unconventional tropical food plants deserve special attention: Canna edulis, Cyperus esculentus, Dioscorea bulbifera, Hedychium coronarium, and Xanthosoma sagittifolium. The chemical composition of their tuberous roots, rhizomes, and bulbs is presented in Table I.

 

[joel]

https://permies.com/t/17005/Perennial-sources-starch-protein
Perennial starch
For temperate climates: potatoes, chestnuts, figs, chinese yams, groundnut?, yampa?, prairie turnip?, arrowhead?, honey locust pods?, siberian pea?, mesquite pods?, carob pods?
For subtropical climates: taro, air potatoes, enset, sweet potatoes, banana and plantains, manihoc?, jicama?, dates?, avocado?
(I don´t include strickly tropical species as most of us do not live there)

Perennial protein
For temperate climates: runner beans, lima beans, groundnut, black walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pecan, mulberry leaf?
For subtropical climates: pigeon peas, peanuts, chaya leaves?, chachafruto tree?, chipilin?

 

[joel]

Hi Paulo, this is for your project in Iceland right? I think we emailed about that. Groundnut, Chinese yam, hog peanut, skirret, sunchoke, arrowhead, hazel, some of the perennial grains being developed like rye and wheat. We have a perennial bean Phaseolus polystachios but it is undomesticated. Not bad eating though, you could do some breeding work.

 

[joel]

 

[joel]

https://www.google.com/search?q=sta...MjAzNjlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Starch can be made from a variety of plants, including corn, potatoes, and cassava. The process involves cleaning, soaking, milling, separating, and drying the plant to extract the starch.

Corn starch

1. Clean the corn to remove dust, sand, and other impurities
2. Soak the corn in water until it doubles in size
3. Coarsely mill the corn to separate the germ from the fiber, gluten, and starch
4. Separate the starch and gluten from the starch milk
5. Dewater and dry the starch

Potato starch

1. Finely grate the potatoes
2. Rinse the potatoes in water to draw out the starch
3. Let the starch set at the bottom of the bowl
4. Rinse with fresh water until the starch looks white
5. Spread the starch out on a baking sheet and let it dry
6. Grind the dried starch into a fine flour

Cassava starch

1. Remove soil, sand, and other impurities from the cassava roots
2. Chop and grind the roots
3. Separate the pulp from the starch slurry
4. Concentrate the starch slurry
5. Dewater the starch slurry
6. Dry the starch slurry

 

[montanabill]

Neat stuff....any info on cattails and their starchy roots?

 

[Pearl]

Great thread to go along with jazzy's!