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I want to go into the woods with nothing and find/make my lunch (Mid-state New York)?
Anyone have any ideas? I'd bring a knife and a means to make fire... even a pot or pan if required. I'm interested in hearing different ideas about this... Roots to boil, crush into starchy powder to bake (in a ground/rock oven), inner bark (cambium) of different plants to use, anything. I'm especially interested in what I could do this time of year but I'd also be real happy to hear ideas for spring, summer, fall (in the new york area please... about an hour south of albany). I'm not just looking for survival foods, sustenance alone, but ingredients to make a really good meal. It may also be helpful to note that I'm along the appalachian trail. If you could include plant names and where things grow/description that would be a huge plus but just names will suffice. Thanks a ton to anyone who contributes something intelligent.
I believe you can eat cattail roots, and also there is a common flower that is in the carrot family - a parsnip. It MIGHT be Queen Anne's lace, but not positive. Horseradish is in many woods (but I don't know what it looks like). We have wild asparagus around here in central MN. You can make tea out of sumac berries. Young dandelion leaves and stinging nettle leaves are good food, I have read. Apparently the young dandelion leaves are not bitter, and the young nettle leaves will not sting. Face, it, I would starve. There are books on this topic you can get at the libary in the field guide area. You can probably find some crayfish under rocks in a creek. My brother catches them in his creek and eats them and says they are VERY good. (Like crab legs, I think he said) He eats woodchucks (groundhogs) too, so what can I say? And don't forget fishing. Acorns are full of tannic acid, they have to be treated in a certain way to leach it out, and probably american indians kept them for a last resort food. Butternut trees are common where I am, and have lots of nuts in the fall. There are chestnuts, walnuts, etc in other parts of the country.
Hope something here helped!
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