[Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter]@TWC D-Link bookHer Father’s Daughter CHAPTER XXV 10/29
The extracted juice, when cooked down, may be used as glue.
Of the roasted bulbs effective poultices for bruises and boils may be made.
It was an Indian custom to dam a small stream and throw in mashed Amole bulbs, the effect of which was to stupefy the fish so that they could be picked out by hand; all of which does not make it appear that the same bulb would serve as an excellent substitute for a baked potato; but we must remember how our grandmothers made starch from our potatoes, used them to break in the new ironware, and to purify the lard; which goes to prove that one vegetable may be valuable for many purposes.
Amole, whose ponderous scientific name is Chlorogalum pomeridiarum, is at its best for my purposes when all the chlorophyll from flower and stem has been driven back to the bulb, and it lies ripe and fully matured from late August until December. Remove the fibrous cover down to the second or third layer enclosing the bulb.
These jackets are necessary as they keep the bulbs from drying out and having a hard crust.
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