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Your wife (and you!) will be included in my family's prayers.
Peace be with you,
-Merriwether

A battery-powered carbon monoxide sensor could save your life.

-Merriwether

Great write-up, thanks for the info!

-Merriwether

Jack in the pulplit. Let the root dry for six months then roast it to make it edible. Tastes kind of like chocolate.

-Merriwether

While the coolness factor of falconry/hawking is way high, I can't help but think there are many more valuable survival skills that one could learn cheaper/faster. In other words, if you are out...

I'm curious to know how much your gear for this trek weighs. Pictures would be awesome, too.

Thanks,
-Merriwether

Sorry Rick, I wasn't aware of that. The link is now in my signature. I'll try and add this information into the edible plants database when I have some spare time.

-Merriwether

I teach a wild edible plants class at the Houston Arboretum. With that in mind I've set up a new blog on edible plants.
***EDIT***

It has sixty plants right now. While it's based in Houston most...

Yes, I eat this. It's called "nutsedge" around here. The young stems can be steamed to make them more tender. The seeds are good to nibble and if you are lucky the roots will contain edible nodules. ...

I've found crickets and grasshoppers taste best if you first soak them in saltwater for 5-10 minutes then either roast them over a fire like a shishkabob (Chinese method) or in a hot pan with just a...

North side, just before The Woodlands.

-Merriwether

That'll take a heck of a lot of firewood, which means you'll be expending a lot of energy not to mention having to wake up and feed the fire several times a night.

Not to pick on you in...

Wait a minute, we want to be rescued?! I was just getting comfortable...

I guess three large triangles made of evergreen branches in the clearing by my camp. If need be I can also bang the pot and...

Thinking about it more, are there any fish in streams that high up? Minnows and other small fish would be fine, I'd just change the way I'm going after them. How about frogs? Snails?

-Merriwether

Is this above the treeline? I'm a flatlander, so I have no idea. I'm going to assume that it's right at the treeline so I have some access to wood. From the scenario description I have to last two...

Crash, what did the grubs taste like? I've been trying to talk myself into eating some, but they look so disgusting...

-Merriwether

Hey, 1.6 billion people can't be wrong...
China part 4: Eating Things.html
(shameless blog plug):rolleyes:

Though I am bummed I wasn't able to find anyone selling roasted scorpions.

I have to...

Excellent! A source of jello shots in the woods...:D

-Merriwether

Does anyone have experience with preparing greenbrair roots/tubers? Supposedly you can extract starch from them but ever source I've read is vague on the process. I have a couple of nice, big roots...

Sorry Rick, I couldn't resist.:D I really don't have an answer to why I keep encountering beautiful women and abandonned kegs out in the wild. On the other hand, I also run into a lot of feral hogs,...

Thanks for the welcomes. Rick, in answer to your questions:
1. It was a large stray cat.
2. Chicken karma, most definitely.
3a. Intentionally - grasshoppers, crickets, june bugs, ants, water...

Greetings from the north side of Houston. :) My name is Merriwether, though there's a chance some of you know me as "Blast" over on Doug Ritter's Equipped to Survive forum. I spend my free time...