Re: How to Make Lye
Lye was the secret ingredient that
allowed corn to sustain native americans for generations.
Soaking the corn in wood ash water makes tryptophan available for absorption by the body. Poor southern farmers did not know this and suffered pellegra as a result.
This is one of the causes for their nickname, rednecks.
There were severe penalties for the racisim against native
americans. It blinded european settlers to the wisdom that was offered.
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