Very interesting, I too have noticed a far fewer amount of dandelion plants this year, both in south england and north sweden. Which is very curious seeing a how nutritious dandelions are, and how widespread the areas are. Not only can you use the petals (and flower) and the root but the leaf is also nutritious as a salad leaf, even if slightly bitter. I quite like them tho.

Sometimes there is just no getting around the necessity of foraging for food.

I recommend the dumpsters behind 4 and 5 Star French Restaurants for this! The early wee hours of the morning are best for this. Some of my favorites are the unsold pastries especially those with fresh fruit and chocolate sauce! Other delicacies to look for is the Chocolate Soufflé with Best Sauce, but of course it pays to look for those prized Tornadeus of Beef braised in a Cognac Demi-Glaze Sauce with some baby asparagus and New Potato A Gratin. Avoid the Steak Tartars if you possible can and anything that looks like it has raw eggs added to it.

I can’t stress how important it is to bring your own clean doilies and of course an appropriate wine!

Tie is optional!


[edit on 30/8/09 by ProtoplasmicTraveler]

Here's a couple of easy pickings here in VA and probably the southeastern US -

Stinging nettle - young leaves are really tasty as boilded greens.

Plantain (plantago major, plantago minor) - Common yard weed. Young leaves are stringy, but good. Tick repellant and anit-microbial. good for burns parboiled and mashed.

Kudzu - The root can be crushed and filtered to extract the starch, dry and make flour. Chinese medicine has many uses for kudzu. Grows along railroads but be careful as they spray herbicides/defoliants.

Greenbriars - Young leaves and tendrils are excellent.

Sassafras - young leaves are great and make great flavoring for stews.

totally dependent hawaii would be a deathtrap when tshtf,at least for oahu.
the most isolated land mass on earth that is totally dependent on tourism,military welfare,ships and planes that rely on oil to bring in over- priced gallons of milk and wilted lettuce,etc.
lived in honolulu for a year a few years ago and my stuff is still in storage there,but feel the pacific nw/western canada would be better suited for long term survival.
after the looting and rioting and die off,overpopulated oahu would quickly revert back to the age old traditions of the spiritual native hawaiians - cannibalism.