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Thanks, Fiberbabe. Now can you answer this? I have read that at Valley Forge one of the most disagreeable things the troops suffered from, was a horrible irritation from their home-made linen underwear. At which step was their mom's processing of the flax inadequate?
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>Scutching is beating the useful parts of the fiber from the woody parts. Sorta like separating the wheat from the chaff, but a little more violent.
And the fiber is then used for making high-quality paper.
Scutch is the stuff that reams are made on.
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Dear TEd: your spelling is atrocious. Scotch is the stuff dreams are made of.
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