eating a tree

**wareagle69** · 09-14-2008, 08:08 PM

ok kids i took ricks suggestion (what was i thinking) about eating a tree also bradford angier has done this but i tired and must be missing something i used poplar i skinned off the outer bark and tried chewing the "inner bark"
well ya know when ya eat an asprin and don't get water fast enough the same taste i seem to recall that poplar and willow are in the same family and you can chew on poplar for pain but it tasted like crap and wook wasn't very edible in my opinion, tooo bad cuz i was hoping to fill up on the stuff since it waas so plentiful

**RobertRogers** · 09-15-2008, 09:32 AM

Here is one way to do it:

Eating a tree

**marberry** · 09-15-2008, 09:35 AM

tried eating a birch tree once , threw up all the inner bark.

**RobertRogers** · 09-16-2008, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by marcraft

tried eating a birch tree once , threw up all the inner bark.

How were the roots?

**erunkiswldrnssurvival** · 09-16-2008, 10:24 AM

I normaly look to make tea and ground, roasted Root barks. Pine tree root Bark can be striped then crushed in shallow cold water to release the sugars. A form of "Sweet Water" it makes an extreemly good drink that is full of vitamins. roasting and Grinding the barks breaks down the fiberous and woody material and allows the release of nutrients.

**trax** · 09-16-2008, 12:14 PM

so you guys have basically gone from wolf pack to beaver pack?

**crashdive123** · 09-16-2008, 02:59 PM

......or termites.

**Tony uk** · 09-16-2008, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

......or termites.

........ or possibly Wood Lice

**crashdive123** · 09-16-2008, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tony uk

........ or possibly Wood Lice

I get that a lot from some of the older country folk around. When I show them a picture of a termite their response is usually similar.....How come they put the wrong lable on that picture? Them are wood lice. My response?

Yes sir. Sign here and I'll get started killing your wood lice.

**snakeman** · 09-16-2008, 07:58 PM

I have eaten the shoots, resin, and needles of a pine. They all taste bad but the needles are good to chew on. You can roast and grind the inner bark to make flour(I wonder how that would taste)

**bulrush** · 09-17-2008, 09:20 AM

Termites are not wood lice. Wood lice are isopods related to rolly pollies, termites are not. But yes, there's lots of different regional names for animals, plants, and other things. Which is why we use scientific names to be accurate.

**crashdive123** · 09-17-2008, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by bulrush

Termites are not wood lice. Wood lice are isopods related to rolly pollies, termites are not. But yes, there's lots of different regional names for animals, plants, and other things. Which is why we use scientific names to be accurate.

You are correct. Woodlice are not related to subterranean termites. My reference was that some of the elderly rural folk refer to the termites as woodlice. Sorry for the confusion.

**Ole WV Coot** · 09-17-2008, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by bulrush

Termites are not wood lice. Wood lice are isopods related to rolly pollies, termites are not. But yes, there's lots of different regional names for animals, plants, and other things. Which is why we use scientific names to be accurate.

I thought a rolly pollie was a sow bug. Don't know the scientific name but Spectricide makes them go rolly up.

**trax** · 09-18-2008, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by snakeman

I have eaten the shoots, resin, and needles of a pine. They all taste bad but the needles are good to chew on. You can roast and grind the inner bark to make flour(I wonder how that would taste)

Probably taste a lot like pine bark, just a guess though.

**wareagle69** · 09-18-2008, 08:15 PM

well this concept has really gotten into my head, i mean think about it whats around us that we can readily identify(like as a tree not individual types that comes later) especially in the winter when all else is either buried to not growing, really got to do some intense research here

**erunkiswldrnssurvival** · 09-18-2008, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by wareagle69

well this concept has really gotten into my head, i mean think about it whats around us that we can readily identify(like as a tree not individual types that comes later) especially in the winter when all else is either buried to not growing, really got to do some intense research here

yea Because you have to learn to identify edible tree and weed by the Buds, and seed pods or leafless stems,ect... thats alot to know
But by getting out into the field to discover,you will learn quickly

**wareagle69** · 09-18-2008, 08:50 PM

well yea i can id a tree in the winter just fine that actually came from heating my house with a wood stove learning to id all the logs in the wood pile just based on a small piece, but just trying to figure out the rest,(hard typing with a parrot running around my keyboard)