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Kudzu is a problem in the US because Amerikkkans hate eating things that don't bleed. (hexbear.net)

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[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 63 points 3 months ago

Hol up, kudzu is edible?! How were we never taught this???

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 36 points 3 months ago

You can even make flour from it.

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 3 months ago

Holy fuck that is amazing; if it can be floured, so much could be done with it.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

Yeah I’m genuinely surprised to learn this

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 months ago

See I remember, EVERY DAMN YEAR, back when I was a kid where I used to live, it used to be me and my siblings' job to clear the kudzu and creeper vines from the house's brickwork because every year, without fail, it'd grow like eight damn feet up the wall by the end of spring. Awful work, especially in blistering summer humidity-- if I'd have known the shit was edible...

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's also used in traditional Chinese medicine to make a lot of different medication and even works somewhat. Can be also used to make ropes, clothes, paper, baskets and whatever else people can make of such fibers.