Hemlock Trees

[The Feng Hunter]

No, not the hemlock Socrates drank, but Hemlock pine trees!

Hemlock pine needles can be gathered into bundles and brewed into tea. They contain a decent amount of Vitamin C and are specifically adapted to areas that are both cool and receive copious amounts of snowfall. This might be a decent alternative to a fishing hut/hole for deeply inland, shaded ravines at altitude, like Sundered Pass only with more frequent Blizzards. 

Because hemlock needles are evergreen trees, they would retain and regrow needles after windstorms & Blizzards, meaning this would be a renewable plant-based source of  Vitamin C.

Like Acorns, the needles themselves are high in tannin, which means the needles have a very bitter taste. I could see hemlock needle tea having a positive benefit of preventing Scurvy while also inducing Headache upon consumption, much like the fortified porridge. 

The needles are, of course, extremely lightweight and could also be used as tinder in a pinch (we used it that way … makes a fantastic crackling sound as the water boils out!).

Hemlock wood tends to be quite sap-rich, so it may prove both heavier and more difficult to ignite while providing additional burn time than even a fir limb.

[K3V038]

On 9/15/2024 at 1:08 AM, The Feng Hunter said:

No, not the hemlock Socrates drank, but Hemlock pine trees!

Hemlock pine needles can be gathered into bundles and brewed into tea. They contain a decent amount of Vitamin C and are specifically adapted to areas that are both cool and receive copious amounts of snowfall. This might be a decent alternative to a fishing hut/hole for deeply inland, shaded ravines at altitude, like Sundered Pass only with more frequent Blizzards. 

Because hemlock needles are evergreen trees, they would retain and regrow needles after windstorms & Blizzards, meaning this would be a renewable plant-based source of  Vitamin C.

Like Acorns, the needles themselves are high in tannin, which means the needles have a very bitter taste. I could see hemlock needle tea having a positive benefit of preventing Scurvy while also inducing Headache upon consumption, much like the fortified porridge. 

The needles are, of course, extremely lightweight and could also be used as tinder in a pinch (we used it that way … makes a fantastic crackling sound as the water boils out!).

Hemlock wood tends to be quite sap-rich, so it may prove both heavier and more difficult to ignite while providing additional burn time than even a fir limb.

Thats the best thing Ive read here in a while 

[The Ravages of Time]

Although I love that I have a reason to fish and use the new fishing system on loper, I’ve been thinking there should be an additional source of vitamin C or two floating around. A tea with that specific purpose could be a good addition. Although there are various sources of vitamin C, the amounts are so marginal, that, in my experience anyways, there is really only one strategy to fight scurvy, at least on Interloper. It would be nice to have more options.