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Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:05:33 -0500

Lisa in Oregon wrote:

Is there some reason this doesn't get talked about much, or am I missing some problem with it? N-fixing and 17% protein! Is it any
good? Seems like I hear from time to time about various lost crops of the incas but not about this lost crop of the native north americans...

Isn't there a lot of work involved in making it 1) palatable 2) safe to eat?
Maybe it is used to make flour.

[permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Lisa in Oregon, 02/12/2006
- Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 02/12/2006
- Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Jill, 02/12/2006
- Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, dwoodard, 02/13/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Marimike6, 02/12/2006
  - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 02/12/2006
  - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Keith Johnson, 02/12/2006
    - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 02/12/2006
    - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, sustain_ability, 02/12/2006
      - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Keith Johnson, 02/12/2006
- Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, woodsjay, 02/12/2006
  - Re: [permaculture] Groundnut, apios americana, Lisa in Oregon, 02/12/2006