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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Recipes

What recipes?
Kudzu Juice! 
https://gen.uga.edu/documents/pest/KUDZU%20RECIPES.pdf

Kudzu Juice 2003 © Charlotte Fairchild
Step I. Go to a post office in Paulding County and find kudzu beside the parking lot or across the street from the parking lot.
Step II. Pick kudzu, place in a freezer bag with blue ice.
Step III. Wash kudzu in water and salt and then rinse.
Step IV. Use scissors to cut the kudzu diagonally.
Step V. Add equal amount of water, blend, strain and serve with ice. Sweet Leaf stevia optional.

Kudzu Brownies.
Make the juice as above. Save the fiber and add ½ cup of fiber to the brownie recipe and the liquid juice instead of water.  Cook as usual. Sprinkle with white powdered sugar. Maple leaf stencils are optional.

Kudzu Meatloaf
Add ½ cup fiber to the meatloaf with other ingredients and cook as usual.

Kudzu Hot tea is not so easy to find. Place leaves in boiling water and turn heat off. Add sweetener for sweet kudzu tea, salt for a salty tea and black strap molasses for something that tastes awful but might be good for you!
The Book of Kudzu by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924001245848&view=1up&seq=7  PDF
A list of recipes found online from the University of Georgia: https://gen.uga.edu/documents/pest/KUDZU%20RECIPES.pdf  PDF

Google: Charlotte Fairchild Kudzu blog. There are two.  Youtube has 2 Kudzu songs: Charlotte Fairchild kudzu.