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From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #1388 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Tuesday, August 24 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1388 In this issue: -áááááá MtMan-List: Edibles -áááááá MtMan-List: off subject, off subject, off subject, off subject -áááááá MtMan-List: need some information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:11:53 -0600 From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net> Subject: MtMan-List: Edibles This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C48838.D4830940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello the very quiet lists.=20 In reading from Rufas Sage pg 92 in the form I have it Rufas describes = some roots. Can anyone help me with what plants these represent? I have = extended the quote beyond the required amount in the thought that others = may find the use of the edible plants interesting.=20 Wynn Ormond The valley gave abundant indication of wild fruit at the proper season, = such as plums, cherries, currants, goose and buffalo berries, (shepherdia = argentea.) . . . ., while others were busily employed in digging for = roots to appease the gnawing of appetite, which began to make itself = most sensibly felt by all. About sundown both parties came in, -the hunters quite dispirited, not = having seen any thing in the shape of elk or other game, -but the root diggers = had been more lucky and brought with them a small supply of nutritious = aliments, which were divided equally among the company, and, through scarcely a = half dozen mouthfuls were apportioned to each, they answered, to some extent, = the designed object. These roots consisted of two varieties, viz: pomme blanc, and commote. The pomme blanc, or white apple, is a native of the prairies and = mountains, oval shaped and about three and a half inches in circumference. It is encased = in a thin fibrous tegument, which, when removed, exposes an interior of white = pulpy substance, much like a turnip in taste. It generally grows at a depth of = three or four inches, in the soil of hill-sides and plateaux, where is found a = reddish clay loam abundant in fragmentary rocks and gravel. The stalk attains a = height of about three inches, and in general description is quite like a well = known article, common to the States, called "sheep-sorrel." At the proper season it = bears a handsome white blossom, that would suffer no disparagement when placed = in juxtaposition with many of the choicer specimens of our gardens. The commote31 is a root much like the common radish in size and shape, = while a brownish skin envelopes a substance of milky whiteness, soft and = nutritious, and of an agreeable taste. It is found most abundant in river bottoms, and = requires a rich alluvial soil, well mixed with sedimentary deposites and vegetable = matter. It generally penetrates to a depth of about four inches. Its leaves = resemble those of the carrot in shape and color, and seldom grow to exceed two inches from = the ground, while a stalk equally unpretending, bears a blueish blossom, not = without some just claim to beauty. The pomme blanc and commote are equally good whether boiled or raw and = are uniformly harmless, even with those unaccustomed to their use as an = article of food. Making way with our scanty supply, a fire was struck and a kettle of tea = prepared from wild cherry bark, which proved quite wholesome. This, as I ascertained, is a drink quite common among mountaineers and = Indians in the spring season, and is used for purifying the blood and reducing = it to suitable consistency for the temperature of summer. As the successful = performer of the task assigned, I most cordially attest to its virtues, and = recommend it as the most innocent and effective medicine, if medicine it may be called, = that can be employed for a result so necessary to general health. - ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C48838.D4830940 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> Hello the very quiet lists. In reading from Rufas Sage pg 92 in the form I have it Rufas = describes some=20 roots. Can anyone help me with what plants these represent? I have = extended the=20 quote beyond the required amount in the thought that others may find the = use of=20 the edible plants interesting. Wynn Ormond The valley gave abundant indication of wild fruit at the proper = season, such=20 as plums, cherries, currants, goose and buffalo berries, = (<FONT=20 face=3DArial,Italic>shepherdia argentea.) = . . . .,=20 while others were busily employed in digging for roots to appease the = gnawing of=20 appetite, which began to make itself most sensibly felt by all. About sundown both parties came in, =97the hunters quite dispirited, = not=20 having seen any thing in the shape of elk or other game, =97but the root = diggers=20 had been more lucky and brought with them a small supply of nutritious=20 aliments, which were divided equally among the company, and, through scarcely a = half dozen mouthfuls were apportioned to each, they answered, to some = extent,=20 the designed object. These roots consisted of two varieties, viz: <FONT=20 face=3DArial,Italic>pomme blanc, and = <FONT=20 face=3DArial,Italic>commote. The pomme blanc<FONT=20 face=3DArial>, or white apple, is a native of the prairies and = mountains, oval shaped and about three and a half inches in circumference. It is = encased in a=20 thin fibrous tegument, which, when removed, exposes an interior of white = pulpy substance, much like a turnip in taste. It generally grows at a depth = of=20 three or four inches, in the soil of hill-sides and plateaux, where is found a = reddish=20 clay loam abundant in fragmentary rocks and gravel. The stalk attains a = height=20 of about three inches, and in general description is quite like a well = known=20 article, common to the States, called "sheep-sorrel." At the proper season it = bears=20 a handsome white blossom, that would suffer no disparagement when = placed in juxtaposition with many of the choicer specimens of our gardens. The commote31 is a root much like the common = radish in=20 size and shape, while a brownish skin envelopes a substance of milky whiteness, soft and = nutritious,=20 and of an agreeable taste. It is found most abundant in river bottoms, = and=20 requires a rich alluvial soil, well mixed with sedimentary deposites and = vegetable=20 matter. It generally penetrates to a depth of about four inches. Its leaves = resemble=20 those of the carrot in shape and color, and seldom grow to exceed two inches = from=20 the ground, while a stalk equally unpretending, bears a blueish blossom, = not=20 without some just claim to beauty. The pomme blanc <FONT=20 face=3DArial>and commote = <FONT=20 face=3DArial>are equally good whether boiled or raw and are uniformly harmless, even with those unaccustomed to their use as an = article=20 of food. Making way with our scanty supply, a fire was struck and a kettle of = tea=20 prepared from wild cherry bark, which proved quite wholesome. This, as I ascertained, is a drink quite common among mountaineers = and=20 Indians in the spring season, and is used for purifying the blood and = reducing it=20 to suitable consistency for the temperature of summer. As the successful = performer of the task assigned, I most cordially attest to its virtues, and = recommend=20 it as the most innocent and effective medicine, if medicine it may be = called, that=20 can be employed for a result so necessary to general=20 health.</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C48838.D4830940-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:58:48 -0500 From: "Lanney Ratcliff" <lanneyratcliff@charter.net> Subject: MtMan-List: off subject, off subject, off subject, off subject Does anybody have any experience with Minolta binoculars, specifically the model Activa 8 X 40 Water Proof Fog Proof? PLEASE ANSWER OFF LIST....USE MY EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW. Lanney Ratcliff lanneyratcliff@charter.net ______________________________________________________________ Aux Aliments du Pays - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:03:33 -0500 From: "John McKee" <stitchin@sirisonline.com> Subject: MtMan-List: need some information This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C48A0D.0D67F060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good evening all.=20 Could someone in the general Collegeville, PA. area give me some = good 'starter' and just all around great Rendezvous? The reason is that = I have a 12 year old customer in that town who is really interested in = the 'buckskinning' culture and his parents have never heard of = Rendezvous! Considering his excitement with getting into the woods I was = shocked when his mother emailed me tonight and asked me what Rondezvous = was. Any information/dates and directions that I can pass on to him and = his parents would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John The Stitchin' Scotsman 100% Handsewn Elkhide garments and moccasins Manu Forti www.stitchinscotsman.com - ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C48A0D.0D67F060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Good evening all. = </DIV> <DIV> Could = someone in the=20 general Collegeville, PA. area give me some good 'starter' and just all = around=20 great Rendezvous? The reason is that I have a 12 year = old customer in=20 that town who is really interested in the 'buckskinning' culture = and his=20 parents have never heard of Rendezvous! Considering his excitement with = getting=20 into the woods I was shocked when his mother emailed me tonight and = asked me=20 what Rondezvous was. Any information/dates and directions that I = can pass=20 on to him and his parents would be greatly appreciated.=20 Thanks, John</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Stitchin' Scotsman 100% = Handsewn=20 Elkhide garments and moccasins Manu Forti <A=20 href=3D"http://www.stitchinscotsman.com">www.stitchinscotsman.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C48A0D.0D67F060-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ End of hist_text-digest V1 #1388 ******************************** - To unsubscribe to hist_text-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe hist_text-digest" in the body of the message.