Mila Kunis Needs Bear Grylls

[baldtaco-II]

"Is it important to know about edible plants and their products for long term survival? If so, how many here on this forum (whose focus is "Wilderness & Survival Skills") possess this knowledge?"

G'day Mick

For part A [swerving the semantics of what constitutes long term], I'd say imperative. Aside from the obvious food procurement there is the psychological component of being an effective agent in one's environment. 'Tis my belief the sooner one gets the head round "this is my lifestyle" for now and I have mastered X the better. Take for example the much commented upon Ed Wardle diet show. True, he was running low on resources and lost weight and all that but he was a long way from death. The feature that seemed to do his head in most was that for whatever reason he was ineffectual. I don't believe he would have required an encyclopedic understanding of his environment to push on much further, just mastery of a few ways to procure food that he didn't have.

Couldn't begin to hazard a guess at part B.

 

[beef]

In my area, I know only about 10 or so edible plants. Could I get 3000 calories a day from them? Nope. Could I get carb fat and protein from them in a nice little ratio? Nope.

Do I trust my trapping skills to make up for the other 2900 calories that my plant diet would need? Not really.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

I have chapstick in my kit, but all the chapstick has been removed and PJCB's have been put in its place. Pretty cool, you can spin the dial and it actually pushes the PJCB's out

I've been doing this for a while, except mine is dryer lint stuffed in with the tip smeared with the last little bit of chapstick. Mine have been through the washer for a few cycles and they come out bone dry. The biggest plus is how small and ubiquitous they are. Glad to see I'm not alone with this idea.