On Jan 28, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Susan L. Oates wrote: > This is an educational, interesting, albeit humorous discussion to > read. The first image that came to my mind when I first read about > betel juice and lime was not the fruit but people throwing lime into > a mass grave a la scene in the movie Amadeus in order to speed > decomposition.
Quick lime or burnt lime aka Calcium Oxide or CaO Betelgeuse is a bright star in the constellation Orion which is pronounced almost like betel juice Don't forget beetles, the hard-shelled insect, and The Beatles of pop music fame. > > Nevertheless, googling betel nuts produced the article from the > Taiwan News, for which someone else supplied the link, where way down > in the article about efforts to find other ways for people to use > betel nuts besides as a narcotic, using them for dye was mentioned - > the article, however, didn't detail how to do this. Taiwanese are > researching this, and I'm sure they'd be delighted to share the > information if you, the original requestor, contact them. > > All in all, this sounds like a good research project for you, the > requestor, to follow. > > Susan > > ----- > Susan L. Oates from her iMac <oate...@gmail.com> > Tucson, AZ, USA > > > > > > Ron Parker - Fibernet list mom with Susanne rbpar...@swipnet.se
