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05-22-2011, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Swamp cabbage. Never go hungry in a swamp.
Two parts I exceeded my photos. Swamp cabbage, also known as hearts of palm.
Cut low, but not too low on the tree. Swamp cabbage and the snakes and critters can keep you alive in the swamps for a lifetime. Picts. should be self explanatory. Take the upper palms off and use them for a blanket or hooch. Also keeps your cabbage clean while working on it. Once you get too the lower, where the heart is, peel slowly. It will start coming off easier and easier. The soft stuff is what you want. Also know as "hearts of palm." Sold in cans in stores and in rich peoples restaurants. Steam in a pan with a bit of bacon for some flavor. Snakes love too live in them. So be very very careful when reaching in there. We found one. Non poisonous but he was in there.
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05-22-2011, 12:30 PM
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slug
Join Date: Mar 2007
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O.K.. Here is what yall want.
Swamp veggies. Best cabbage you ever ate cooked properly.
Coat your skin with mud too keep insects off you. Gators, fish, crabs, insects, snakes. Lost in a swamp. Their is all the food you want. Stay in one spot and light a fire. Easy too get lost and lots of things that will eat you before you eat them. Build a bed off the ground. Use the vines like rope. Their all over the place. Rattlers will avoid you but the cotton mouths will not get out of your way. |
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05-22-2011, 12:49 PM
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You have given a great pictorial tutorial!
Excellent presentation! 
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05-22-2011, 12:53 PM
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Location: Maryland
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I tried to move these two to Survival forum but it says my password is shit
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05-22-2011, 01:02 PM
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Interesting, it accepted my password but wouldn't let me move the thread!
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05-22-2011, 01:07 PM
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slug
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Sorry guys. Dag blast it I missed the survival forum. My bad.
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05-22-2011, 02:29 PM
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slug
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Out by the lake in central Texas
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I like hearts of palms in various salads. I guess I need to look around to see what I can turn up.
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05-22-2011, 03:09 PM
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That looks like a good place to hunt elephants. Perhaps the Sierra Club can transplant some there.
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05-22-2011, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Quote:
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05-22-2011, 03:28 PM
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Well done Brian! 
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05-22-2011, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stover, Missouri
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Seems I read something about this and also something about cat tail roots? Good survival food in them swamps. You go hungry down there, it's your own fault. Brian |
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05-23-2011, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Yes..
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National Geographic was filming him. He sells carved wood walking sticks, arrow heads, ancient Timuncun Indian pottery too the tourists for money. I watched him making a salad from roots and other edible plants. Catches fish, crabs. Hits the store once a month for basics. All the fresh clean water at the springs one could need. Seems happy and self sufficient. No burden on society. I will get a picture next time I see him. 500grains. No elephants. But monkeys that escaped from and old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie. |
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