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I have no problem with your thread except the title.

If it’s a thread that 99% of it is recipes, then it’s not a “survival” thread, it’s a recipe thread.

I started an edible plants thread. That, in my opinion, is way more about “survival”.

Carry on!

I started an edible plants thread. That, in my opinion, is way more about “survival”.

I do understand what you are saying here, however, I think the term "survival" in the sense this thread is titled is varying degrees of survival. There are some folks who have never "cooked" a dish from scratch in their lives. They wouldn't know what to do with raw ingredients if you put them in their kitchen. Some of those folks are being hit with the reality of the economic situation in a very hard way and the first step in their learning to survive is to learn how to feed their families on a budget.

In that sense I think some of these recipes are very useful to folks just realizing that they *have* to do something different. On this thread we don't know how many lurkers may be reading and are not ready for some of the more detail "hard" survival tips that a lot of us long time freepers/survival minded types know. There are still folks out there who are just getting their feet wet. This thread is for those also.

For me, the recipes are not something I need. I tend to skim over those and only take note if something sounds good today. LOL. But, I don't begrudge those people reading who many not have been cooking for 40 years. Just a matter of degree IMHO.

I find searching for native plants that are edible a very entertaining and fulfilling enterprise. I have done it for several years but in no means do I think I could feed my household that way - YET. I'm still working on that. I would enjoy it if you share more things you know about this. In my locale I know enough plants to gather "extras" for meals but I need to know lots more. If TSHTF today and I didn't have a thing in the world prepared, my stash was wiped out, I had to hit the road I'd look for game and cactus. There's lots of seasonings out in the wild that I know. And greens that I know. But, the more we know about this the better. When I have time I will try to post some of those and I'd like to see other things you have.