Jack Mountain Bushcraft Journal 10: ESSP Week 3

[DrCosmosMusic]

While it is reasonable to conclude from the video that the mushroom is properly identified as Amanita virosa, the common name is not "Death Cap". A. Phalloides owns that dubious moniker.

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[DrCosmosMusic]

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A. virosa is commonly known as the "Destroying Angel", a name anyone would understand if they came across a stand of these large bright white mushrooms in a dark forest. While they smell very pleasant, and are supposedly delicious, the amatoxins within will turn a human's liver and kidneys

to goo within a week. That qualifies as "eating you from the insides" as far as I'm concerned.

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[DrCosmosMusic]

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At this point there is not much traditional medicine can do to help someone who has injested any mushroom containing amatoxins. Large doses of extract of milk thistle are effective at protecting the liver if given early enough, but most of our doctors have no training identifying mushrooms or treating the poisonings caused by them.

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[DrCosmosMusic]

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I am very interested in taking your yearlong immersion program but I know I won't have the money by April, mabey not even by next year. What program would you suggest to someone who is on a budget but has no other constraints? (i.e. timing, other obligations)

[damesheck]

i'm quite fond of this video from 5:12 to 5:19. (this post is child friendly, so please don't delete.) SERIOUSY, check out 5:12 to 5:19. It's awesome.

[Uberhilarious]

Hell yeah, that's my favorite part too!

[damesheck]

bouncy bouncy bouncy hippie breasts.

[JMBushcraft]

Comments that are inappropriate for kids due to language or content will be removed. Please keep it clean.

[chrissept21]

its the mushrooms thats the error they dont eat you from the inside thats all bull

they mabey poisonus tho, idk i tend to stay away from them

[hobbes987987]

Wicked! God I love seeing people learn. There is altogether too much teaching on YouTube.

[RichardTrekkerTheII]

The birds are agitated by you and the porcupine is up in the tree because of you too.

[nwwoodsman]

Hint. The factual error is in the very first part of the video.

[oldangrey1]

Great !!! these are the sort of crazy dancers i want to meet in the woods lol.... please MORE and MORE

[kfhtinydancer]

i must say, the dance moves at the end were especially awesome.

[Zarbod]

Great Stuff. Keep it coming.

[Sallyvg1]

Jens! This is my favorite week by FAR! I love hearing from the people you're working with, seeing how y'all do stuff, and the mushroom lightning was an excellent touch! The intro was great, too! Keep 'em coming!

[theblackdane]

Glad you guys are liking it! Do you have any guesses on our little contest? We put one factual error in this week's video. Can you find it?

[miighankurt]

sorry but I have no clue about the factual error

[oldangrey1]

only thing i can think of is, is the Porky classed as a rodent? i will watch again

[theblackdane]

Porcupines are rodents - but you're getting warm oldangrey1!

[avanord]

The largest rodent in North America is the beaver. Nice videos!

[theblackdane]

avanord wins!

[rabidmonkeygirl]

We all contribute pieces to the whole picture. I have the utmost respect for Tim Smith, he is walking the walk. Avanord has sharp skills as well, so too does Maine Primitive Skills, Hawk Circle, Tom Brown, each with strength and challenges. Noting wrong with cheering, but would love to hear a more positive contribution based on dirt time. Make it to the Maine Primitive Gathering, or a like gathering, Like the Roots gathering in VT. Great place to share skills.

[nimblened]

actually porcupines can grow to be like the size of a dog.

[forrestry]

Porcupines are good to eat. Very good. No shit.

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

Like hell they are. Eaten three of them, all different times of the year. All three different in size and age. Cooked em in different ways too. Guess what, they tasted like sawdust.

[forrestry]

Each to there own I suppose. Guess you've never been hungry enough. They say hunger is a good cook. How does sawdust taste anyways? Have to make it a point to try it sometime.

[mysticalwoodsman]

Well, they could taste like butthole, and if I am hungry enough, guess what? They will taste like filet mignot. :o) You're reply is funny though.

[rabidmonkeygirl]

Porcupine is truly "survival food". Had it on over a dozen full survival trips, a few with the crazies from Maine Primitive Skills School, and every time, my hopes for a better experience than the last left me wishing for a gallon of hot sauce to mask the taste. Ground hog, on the other hand...better than venison! I thought beaver was the largest rodent in North America?

[chrissept21]

do yall no how to cook a hole porcupine with no knife no pot no nothing

well ill tell you lol

u mix mud or collect mud and cover the pine whith it then plunk it on the fire and when the mud gets hard you peel it off and off comes the quills and dirt and shes cooked