Wilderness Foods For Winter Survival

[hawgrider]

http://www.offthegridnews.com/2015/01/07/the-very-best-wilderness-foods-for-winter-survival/


Searching for food and living off the land in the winter may sound tough, and truth be told, it is. But it’s not impossible.

[Arklatex]

Good stuff. I've never tried acorns or wild mushrooms. But I've tried the other stuff. Pine needle tea is actually pretty good. Maybe next year I'll try acorns. Not many oaks left out here.

[Arklatex]

I'll also add that every little bit of knowledge like this will help you in a survival situation. Learn what plants are edible in your area and actually go out and try the stuff so you will know if you are allergic to them.

[hawgrider]

Good stuff. I've never tried acorns or wild mushrooms. But I've tried the other stuff. Pine needle tea is actually pretty good. Maybe next year I'll try acorns. Not many oaks left out here.No oaks in Texas ? Climate related? Disease?

[Arklatex]

No oaks in Texas ? Climate related? Disease?
There out here for sure. But I'm in east Texas. The piney woods. And Weyerhaeuser has taken most of the hardwoods out and replanted pine. When I was in Dallas oaks were everywhere.

[hawgrider]

There out here for sure. But I'm in east Texas. The piney woods. And Weyerhaeuser has taken most of the hardwoods out and replanted pine. When I was in Dallas oaks were everywhere. Had to look it up- http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/ I see..... the lumber Jackyls

[Arklatex]

An interesting read on acorns. Apparently you can make flour and cooking oil from them.

http://honest-food.net/2010/01/14/acorn-pasta-and-the-mechanics-of-eating-acorns/

[hawgrider]

An interesting read on acorns. Apparently you can make flour and cooking oil from them.

http://honest-food.net/2010/01/14/acorn-pasta-and-the-mechanics-of-eating-acorns/ Ok now this is cool - Acorn Pasta


ACORN or CHESTNUT FLOUR PASTA DOUGH

This is a pasta sometimes made in Puglia, according to the excellent book Encyclopedia of Pasta. This is a rough, rustic pasta that cries out to be served with game. Ideally, wild boar, venison, wood duck or mallard – something that actually eats acorns. Do not expect to make super-refined pasta here, unless you have the ability to grind the acorns that fine.

[Inor]

Hawgrider -

You are like the wikipedia of obscure prepper knowledge! :yourock:

[hawgrider]

Hawgrider -

You are like the wikipedia of obscure prepper knowledge! :yourock:Haahaha Naw.... just learned how to type in the search bar.

Credit where credit due Ark found the pasta article which was cooler than my find.

[Inor]

Haahaha Naw.... just learned how to type in the search bar.

Credit where credit due Ark found the pasta article which was cooler than my find.

True that. I may have to try the acorn flour. I have a huge red oak hanging over my back deck. We cannot use the deck in September/October because we get bombarded with falling acorns. This might be something to do with them.

[Pauls]

Inor,
Get a large sheet of netting to catch the acorns as they fall and you won't have as much work to collect enough to make it worthwhile. You could use a sheet but if it holds water you need to remove the acorns and keep them dry. 1/4" netting works well.

[Inor]

On a day with a light breeze, I could just put a couple 5 gallon buckets out there and they would be half full in a few hours. We get a LOT of acorns. I just never figure out how to do anything with them. Eating them without leaching out the tannins, they taste terrible. But now I know to do that, this could be a fun experiment.

[hawgrider]

On a day with a light breeze, I could just put a couple 5 gallon buckets out there and they would be half full in a few hours. We get a LOT of acorns. I just never figure out how to do anything with them. Eating them without leaching out the tannins, they taste terrible. But now I know to do that, this could be a fun experiment.
Red oak is pretty bitter. Even the deer prefer white oak acorns.

Red oak as flour though would be interesting to see if its more palatable.

[Arklatex]

Inor,
Get a large sheet of netting to catch the acorns as they fall and you won't have as much work to collect enough to make it worthwhile. You could use a sheet but if it holds water you need to remove the acorns and keep them dry. 1/4" netting works well.
Great idea. People out here use tarps to do similar things. Most notably catching catalpa worms for fishing.