While this site is not dedicated to wilderness survival, leaning more toward natural or man made disaster, I think it is important to take the time to at least become acquainted with the basics of outdoor survival skills. A majority of outdoor survival training could prove invaluable after tshtf.
The cattail is one of those plants that grow wild just about everywhere in the United States, and is often regarded as a weed by most people passing by. But it is indeed a very useful plant for the survivor, as an extra food source or to save money on your grocery bill.
Cattails can be found year-round in swamps and marsh areas, and along banks of streams, ponds, rivers, irrigation ditches and other wet environments, making the cattail an excellent source of survival food, or a supplement to the table.
Caution: If you are uncertain about the purity of the water in which you are collecting cattails you should not eat the cattails raw. A huge amount of water from the source is taken up by the plants and if polluted could make you sick.
Cattail Pollen Pancakes
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup cattail pollen
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 cups milk
- Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Add eggs, honey, oil and milk and mix thoroughly.
- If the batter seems to thick to pour, add more milk until it has a good pancake batter consistency.
- Cook on a hot griddle until golden brown.
What is your favorite wild food and how do you use it, let us know in the comments.
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