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Reply #20 - Nov 27th, 2010 at 1:41pm
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AH no.....I do use litmus though when I want to know the pH of dirt. Wink 

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High in fiber though; but you know what they say about transport time!...Thank goodness for big leaf aster Wink
  
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Reply #21 - Nov 28th, 2010 at 9:31pm
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DentonDoc wrote on Nov 26th, 2010 at 11:29pm:
Anyone try rock tripe?  Caribou moss?  

Not like they have a lot of calories, but then you'd typically not have to spend many calories finding/harvesting.

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Sparky says (Mark Stensaas) in Canoe Country Flora; "Rock tripe has a completely undeserved reputation as an edible lichen." Franklin Arctic expedition ate it but they suffered from bowel complaints and nausea.

He also says that reindeer lichen, as human food, "may be more palatable after partial digestion in the grazing ungulates gut."  Arctic inhabitants mix partial digested lichens with the animals blood.

Of course if we were eating a caribou, moose or deer; we probably wouldn't need to eat the lichen, except for a salad entree  Wink

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Reply #22 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 3:37am
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MMMMMMMM salad w/ blood dressing...not lichen Tongue
  
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Reply #23 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 2:09pm
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Reply #24 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 5:04pm
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starwatcher wrote on Nov 28th, 2010 at 9:31pm:
Sparky says (Mark Stensaas) in Canoe Country Flora; "Rock tripe has a completely undeserved reputation as an edible lichen." Franklin Arctic expedition ate it but they suffered from bowel complaints and nausea.

Yes, I'd also seen at least one refernce to rock tripe being used as a purge.  (Not exactly what I'm looking for to help sustain me in an emergency situation.)  Still, I've seen both rock tripe and reindeer moss being used as a survival food ... after 4 or 5 days, you might be hungry enough to give it a try.

But one wonders where Franklin found rock tripe on an ARTIC expedition?  Smiley

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Reply #25 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 11:42pm
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Mice to men draw your own conclusions Wink
  
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Reply #26 - Dec 1st, 2010 at 3:28pm
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marlin55388 wrote on Nov 30th, 2010 at 11:42pm:
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Mice to men draw your own conclusions Wink

Heh, not a high priority to try.  I do see it everywhere.
  
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Reply #27 - Dec 2nd, 2010 at 5:52am
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DentonDoc wrote on Nov 7th, 2010 at 7:43pm:
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Young dandelion leaves make excellent salad. And they seem to grow wild everywhere !! You want to be sure they haven't been sprayed with pesticide/herbicides before picking though.
  
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Reply #28 - Dec 2nd, 2010 at 4:50pm
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