Japaneese Knotweed In Salad ?

May 20, 2012

Japaneese Knotweed In Salad ? Not Sure About That

Caught a news program on WNEP 16. Some cafe up the line along the Susquhenna River was using all local, natural ingredients in there food.

They had a salad where they used young shoots of Japaneese Knotweed that came from the banks of the Susquehanna river. Eeeeew. Maybe if I was stuck on Survivor Island.

Japaneese Knotweed is an invasive plant, like Bamboo. It looks like Bamboo. We used to burn the stalks of it down the river in the winter to get a fire going quick.

Anyway, at least in the Wyoming Valley the Susquehanna river is not clean ... has a lot of sewers emptying into it. On rescue diver gave an interview and he said he decontaminated his dive suit and equipment with a solution of bleach and water. Then he took antibiotics for 5 days after a dive.

So I would not want ot eat a plant that was in the river.

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Tidbit :

From 1991 CONRAIL Timetable : 

         CGAL 

   CORNING TO ALLENTOWN


DAILY                              DAY 

CORNING - NY           LV  0130 ET  1
ELMIRA                 AR  0230 ET  1
ELMIRA                 LV  0330 ET  1
MEHOOPANY              AR  0930 ET  1 
MEHOOPANY              LV  1000 ET  1
PITTSTON              *AR  1200 ET  1
PITTSTON               LV  1300 ET  1
ALLENTOWN              AR  1800 ET  1

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CORNING 

TAKES CARS CLASSIFIED : 
1. ELMIRA 

ELMIRA 

SET OFF BLOCK 1 FOR CONNECTION TO
HAEL39 DAY 2 AND sUBSEQUENT TRAINS
CONNECTS FROM BU0I, DAY 1.
TAKES CARS CLASSIFIED :
1. MEHOOPANY
2. ALLENTOWN


MEHOOPANY 

SET OFF BLOCK 1 FOR CONNECTION TO 
WOMH10, DAY 2 AND SUBSEQUENT TRAINS.
TAKES CARS CLASSIFIED : 
1. PITTSTON
2. ALLENTOWN


PITTSTON

SET OFF BLOCK 1 FOR CONNECTION TO
WPPJ10, DAY 2 AND SUBSEQUENT TRAINS.

2. ALLENTOWN


ALLENTOWN

COMMECTS TO ALSE, DAY 2 AND
SUBSEQUENT TRAINS. 

NOTE : INBOUND CREW AT ALLENTOWN
       TURNS ON ALCG 


REVISED 08-29-91