Squirrely here with another cooking tip

[ArmyOfSquirrels]

This time pine trees. Strangly enough I was watching hidden Japan on curiosity stream and saw a monkey chowing down on pine. Than saw their deer digging through the snow for grass with pine right next to them. Got me to wondering if you can eat pine. Turns out you can eat MOST pine and their inner bark. The inner bark can even be grounded into flour. You don't have to kill the tree to enjoy its fruits either. Small strips of bark will heal and not cause any long term damage when harvested responsibly. Or just making tea with the pine needles or harvesting the pine nuts or pollen when seasonally available.

Are Pine Cones Really Edible? How To Eat A Pine Tree

Can you eat pine cones? Yes it IS possible. And so are many other parts of a pine tree including the inner bark, pine nuts, and pine needles.

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[GeoKat]

My goats loved pine trees in the spring. New buds too. Taste like turpentine if you ask me. But I don’t have a ton of experience. I do however know that the pinene released by pine forests is as affective as a bronchial dilator as an inhaler. I don’t have a link for it though. One of the bonuses of the Pacific Northwest.