Comments on: Foraging Wild Plants to Eat Now – or After the Apocalypse

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:32:40 +0000

No zombies were harmed in the writing of this article.

By: Susan Lutz

Susan Lutz — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:37:48 +0000

@Kathleen- Pascal was speaking with tongue firmly in cheek and I don’t think he believes in the folklore that Jimson Weed will turn people into zombies. It was a funny reference to the plethora of movies and TV shows about a zombie apocalypse. (For the record, it’s not my favorite genre either.) Pascal’s greater point was that Jimson Week (and other poisonous plants) are a real threat if you don’t know what you’re eating… and that urban foraging needs to be done with care. After taking his class, I will certainly be double- and triple-checking any wild plant I collect before eating it.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:57:13 +0000

Sometimes I’m not comfortable with hearing about how some human beings are going to be used and considered zombies. If the post-apocalyptic world is so dog-eat-dog that human beings are considered “tools” for us to survive, I’m not sure I want to be part of that. Who doesn’t want to survive? But anyone who readily adapts their plan into how to use other humans is moving outside their own humanity, in my opinion. People aren’t bears, or wolverines, they are people, and need to retain some sense of that, or please God, keep them far away from me and my loved ones.

By: Susan Lutz

Susan Lutz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:28:27 +0000

@Torrie Vail- What a great image of your father. I’ve never tried making prickly pear jelly for exactly this reason. But the jelly is so tasty and it’s such a beautiful color that I think I might have to give it a shot sometime soon…

By: Torrie Vail

Torrie Vail — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:37:13 +0000

The picture of the prickly pear reminded me of my late father, Peter Pollack, hovering over the sink wearing welder’s gloves as he tried to prepare for making prickly pear jelly. The jelly was quite good but my siblings and I were not convinced it was worth enduring the jabs from the prickly pears as we tried to pick the pears using folded newspapers. Perhaps this too could be assigned to the Zombies!