Cat tails

[HiiDizzle]

I am fully aware that hinterland is busy atm and this makes no diffrence to the game play but... you dont ear cat tail heads you eat the roots (rhizomes if you want to get technical) god i cant even imagine how you would eat a cat tail head its just fluff which is great for tinder if you dry it out so when you get around to it change the heads to roots and the stalks to heads and your good two name changes and problem solved.

[Creation]

Thats what it is already. You must be confused

[strange]

That cat tail stalks are the edible bits in game. The heads are used as tinder.

[bethany]

Yes...the cat tail stalks are the only part of the cattail that show in your inventory as a consumable item. The cat tail heads can be used for tinder.

[Battlegiraffe]

I remember the first time I tried harvesting a cat-tail (early in the game's existence), and how excited I was when it actually harvested! Keep adding edible/usable plants!

[HiiDizzle]

Oops must have mixed those up, well i guess its half right at least still you dont eat stalks any more than you eat the heads, not that I am aware of at least.

[HiiDizzle]

You guys should call ray mears up and get him to consult hes proably not doing anything or mors kohanski hell proably work for peanuts though you might have to eplain what a video game is to him lol.

[akluis]

I guess you need to imagine you pull up the whole plant to get at the root.

Note, you also don't butcher a deer by waving your knife at it. I chalk both up to making a com[plex task simply rendered for ease of game play

[HiiDizzle]

Im not saying you need to make whole animation sequence for digging the root up. All I am suggesting is that they change the name of the consumable item from cat tail stalk to cat tail root they dont even have to change the image any of the stats anything just the name. If they wanted to be a little more realistic they could make it cookable since im pretty sure cat tails are borderline inedible before thier cooked but again Im not suggesting that it would take 5 minutes if that to change the name and it would mkae the world more believable if the edible items were actuacly edible.

[Thutmosis]

Originally posted by Hot Gamer Chick:

All I am suggesting is that they change the name of the consumable item from cat tail stalk to cat tail root

Sorry this just wouldn't be correct either ... there is a difference between both ... the stalk is just the lower "shaft" ... which is the more "digestable" & "tasty" part ... both are basically "edible" but just like any root, you'll have a harder time swallowing it, without cooking etc ... I guess it's debateable which one is "better", but stalks would be the "easier" Survival-Food ...

http://www.eattheweeds.com/cattails-a-survival-dinner/

PS :
Here's how the actual "root" looks like :
http://paperlandscape.com/wp-content/gallery/paper-library-slideshow/11-cattail-root.jpg

This showing the stalks :
http://eattheweeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ctshootsindex.jpg
basically looking like "Leek" ... apparently tasting like Zucchini or Cucumber-"ish" ...

[Vulpetrem]

As far as I know, yes you can eat the stalks, I donno about weight and calories though, it seems to be wrong but for I know it could be perfectly fine.

[Creation]

Originally posted by Hot Gamer Chick:

You guys should call ray mears up and get him to consult hes proably not doing anything or mors kohanski hell proably work for peanuts though you might have to eplain what a video game is to him lol.

Funny that he comes up, because i watched an episode yesterday where he eats a cattail and eats the rhyzome underneath and was chuffed i knew what it was before he said so.

[Jesseofthenorth]

You can actually eat the stalks though. They are very 'woody' (tough) and dont taste like much, slightly sweet in the right season, and low in calories as well. But still edible in the strictest sense of the word

[HiiDizzle]

Originally posted by Thutmosis:

Originally posted by Hot Gamer Chick:

All I am suggesting is that they change the name of the consumable item from cat tail stalk to cat tail root

Sorry this just wouldn't be correct either ... there is a difference between both ... the stalk is just the lower "shaft" ... which is the more "digestable" & "tasty" part ... both are basically "edible" but just like any root, you'll have a harder time swallowing it, without cooking etc ... I guess it's debateable which one is "better", but stalks would be the "easier" Survival-Food ...

http://www.eattheweeds.com/cattails-a-survival-dinner/

PS :
Here's how the actual "root" looks like :
http://paperlandscape.com/wp-content/gallery/paper-library-slideshow/11-cattail-root.jpg

This showing the stalks :
http://eattheweeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ctshootsindex.jpg
basically looking like "Leek" ... apparently tasting like Zucchini or Cucumber-"ish" ...

I am sorry this is going to seem realy rude but there is just so much wrong here. Yes you can in fact put the stalks in your mouth and swallow them but by that definition pine cones and rocks are also edible. I am glad you took the time to google cat tails but if you had read the other 9 articles on the page you would see that the rest of them all talk about the roots, how to prepare and harvest them. The only time I have ever heard about the stalks being edible is when they are young and there a quite alot of young shoots from diffrent plants. Since it is clearly winter in TLD i cant see how this is the least bit relevant. Also you dont cook the roots to make them eaier to eat, thats a nice plus, but you cook them to free up the energy in the plant it greatly increases the avaliable calories. Im sorry but it looks like you just decided to google cat tails and posted your comment in a fashion that suggest you have long experince in the matter. Please dont take my word for it though go outside cut off the part of the plant above the soil and try to eat it thats the best way to convice you that your mistaken.

[Thutmosis]

Originally posted by Hot Gamer Chick:

I am sorry this is going to seem realy rude but there is just so much wrong here. Yes you can in fact put the stalks in your mouth and swallow them but by that definition pine cones and rocks are also edible. I am glad you took the time to google cat tails but if you had read the other 9 articles on the page you would see that the rest of them all talk about the roots,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHBBBQ2o7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_LHhwl-0nE

Nope those aren't roots ... again it's the stuff "next to the root" ... but not the root itself ... the Link already provided also distinguishes between "Roots", (lower) "Stalks" & "Spikes" so honestly no idea what you're talking about ... also digging up roots isn't always that easy and might take a lot of energy during winter, reaching for the lower stalk on the other hand ...

PS : Just google "Cattail Stalks" and you'll be provided with a lot of Links explaining this ... I'm aware that some parts of the Cattail Plant are more "edible" depending on Season, but the doesn't make the Stalks or Roots unedible during other Seasons ... it's just a recommendation on which part to harvest when ...

[HiiDizzle]

I know its not the roots per se its the rhizome as I said in the orginal post. I didnt think they needed to change the name to "rhizome" because most people would have no idea what that is. But your video are not helping your case m8 look at them everything is green and lush not in the dead of winter. The term shoot mean new growth so not availabe in winter. Cat tails are reeds which means they grow back every spring and the top part of the plant dies at the end of the growing season. So in winter the stalks would be no more edible than hay. Im sorry but you keep talking about this like its something you have no real world experince with or any experince with wild edibles or any background in plant science. If i must I wil go outside tommorow mornig cut down some cat tails and post an image all you are going to see is a dry woody stalk and unless your a beaver this is not food.

So i just watched the video he says "you can harvest the stalk in early spring" I await your concession speech