Thanks much for that Pat. am taking the livery of passing i on to all concerned outside this list.
Richard Stanley www.legacufond.org On Aug 8, 2012, at 7:10 PM, Pat wrote: Hi, Richard, This was an interest of mine quite a few years ago. There is a good Wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masa Cheers, Pat On 09/08/2012, at 2:23 AM, Richard Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks much for that Pat; > > May I also ask, what the context of your comment is? Ie., did you live and > work there &/or. are you a researcher or ..? Just curious as we need to be > able to document this with due credits to those who are assisting. ( Its a > grant from a fairly well known organisation and thus will likely put the > project on the map regionally at least. > > I stand corrected then it is slaked after all. Kevin / Andrew. > > Richard Stanley > www,legacyfound.org > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:08 AM, Pat wrote: > > Slaked lime is used to remove the shells from maize kernels. A more primitive > way of doing it was to use wood ashes instead. Ashes provide additional > minerals to maize that is soaked in it. Sometimes, particular species of wood > were chosen for extra value. > > Pat > > On 08/08/2012, at 10:47 AM, Richard Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anybody with experience in rural meso american agriculture out there who can >> tell us if its slaked or unslaked lime that would most likely be in use >> there ? >> Richard >> >> On Aug 7, 2012, at 2:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:42:17 -0300, Kevin wrote: >> >>> Very interesting possible explanation for why "spent agricultural lime" >>> helps with the anaerobic retting process! >>> >>> While Ca(OH)2, or "Hydrated lime" can have a pH as high as about 12.5, and >>> is indeed very caustic, CaCO3 or "Limestone", "agriculture lime, "land >>> lime", has a pH in the range of about 8, which is not very caustic at all >> >> Yes Kevin I was thinking this was burnt limestone, CaO which had been >> slaked to Ca(OH)2 and then used in a process before being used for the >> retting. Here in UK fine chalk CaCO3 is used to lime fields in where >> it is available locally ( often settled out from borehole water), but >> in areas to the west it was derived from burnt limestone. Unless >> Richard can test the pH I cannot speculate further. Slaked lime was >> added to wheat and barley straw to make it more digestible. >> >> AJH >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
