hdqrs@worldnet.att.net wrote: <snip> > The silica that is contained in gourds is in the very outer shell as with > corn, beans and other same type seeds and cannot be digested by any > digestive systems I know. This is the very reason that people with very > small pockets (pockets get bigger on the outside) in their intestines ( I > cannot think of the proper name) "Diverticuli" cannot eat such grains as the silica > containing outer shell gets lodged in the cavities and they end with cancer > of the intestines. > > What you have done in effect is eat many very sharp and small quartz crystals. > > old jim -- Gourdially, John & Susan The Gourd Artist's Guild http://www.hal-pc.org/~jstacy