Page 6 RAIN May 1976 RADICAL TECHNOLOGY Fig 4. Products obtained by dry-distillation of 1 ton of hardwood saap (ca. 70% maple, 25% birch, 5% ash, elm and oak) • Charcoal Gases: Carbon dioxide (38%) Carbon monoxide (23%) Methane (17%) Nitrogen (16%) Methanol Ethyl acetate Ethyl formate Acetone Creosote oil Sol. tar Pitch 600lb S,000 cu ft 3 gall 1S gall 1.3 gall 0.7 gall 3.3 gall 22 gall 661b Source: Alan J.P. Dalton, 'Chemicals from Biological Resources' ITDG, (197 3). Table 4. Some British tree products suitable for direct human consumption. Tree Almond Alb Beech O:ab apple• Elder Hawthorn Hazel Lime Medlar MoW1tain Alb (Medlar) Oak Sweet Cl\estnut Walnut Radical Technology, Godfrey Boyl~ and Peter Harper, Ed., 1976 $5.95 from: Panthe()ll Books 201 E. 50th St. New York, NY 10022 An impressive collection of essays, reports, access information and counterculture philosophy that surveys a broadly-viewed range of "technology." Interesting essays on tree farming, textile making, biological chemicals, metal working and paper making. Much of the writing is not particularly penetrating, but does pull together in one place an introduction to a.t. from a counterculture perspective. By the editors of Undercurrents. Makes accessible much of the information on European developments that is difficult to obtain in the U.S. (TB) hnu,ed Nut Seed, Nuts Leave, Apple• Flowcn Benie1 Fruit Luve1 Nut Leave• Flowers Fruit Berrie, Not leaveo Acom Nut1 Leave, Nut Nut Leave, A ship mill. (corn-mill, laundry, paper- pr saw-mill). Wben gathered Sept/Oct From July Sept/Oct April/May July to Dec Before fully open When ripe Early Autumn April Late Aue/Oct Summer July Mid-Winter • Oct Oct Oct/Nov June/July July Oct/Nov June/July Ptepa,ation Cooku meat Boil twice and pickle Raw/bake and salt Young leaves cooked u vegetables Make into cider or jelly Raw/infused boilin11 water (drink) Raw/add to apple pie Not raw. Make into preserve Use in baking<- Mabey) Chopped on salads/salt and,store Sandwich filling (raw) On salad• Bake or make into jelly Make into jelly Poisonous Shell, grind, boil until water ii dark, change water. Repeat, and rizue for up to 12 hour, Routed or made into stuffing Not raw High vit C when raw Picldc:/malc.e into a marmalade Infuse u tea
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