What is there on the island they can use to make bread? Anyone know if anything is there?
Well, they have what might be called the Spanish/Portuguese explorer package: things like pigs, guava, and papaya. And they've got bananas, and I'd be very surprised indeed if they don't have the rest of the Polynesian food package; taro, sugarcane, yams, sweet potato, breadfruit. Taro can be dried and ground to make flour, if you don't mind purple bread.
ETA: Poking around the net suggests that pandanus and arrowroot flour would also be likely. They need to take Sun on more expeditions to locate stocks, so she can improve the garden.
What is there on the island they can use to make bread? Anyone know if anything is there?
...and suddenly, everyone is very sorry that the book Boone brought with him is not
Swiss Family Robinson.
(I learned what cassava flour is from that book, and also that you can make gelatin from seaweed. Dude! If only there were ostriches on Lost Island!!)
But yes, the organizational aspect is strangely still lacking. Hello? A kidnapping, and you don't even institute the buddy system??
the organizational aspect is strangely still lacking.
Yes. This.
Every now and then, I think about what things would be like if a cadre of Buffistas had wound up on the island. Either we'd have built a four star resort with all the amenties or we'd still be arguing over what to name the island.
we'd still be arguing over what to name the island.
I thought Buffista Island had been in the works for a while now.
Do we have any survivalist experts among us? I know there are a number of good cooks and at least one heavy-duty home repair person.
Do we have any survivalist experts among us?
Hikers, campers and climbers are a good start. Got a few of those.
Either we'd have built a four star resort with all the amenties or we'd still be arguing over what to name the island.
I've got some folding money to lay down on option two, and
we
have the advantage of knowing things about each other, ahead of time. I can totally believe the lack of planning. I think people are in denial. Not all the information has been shared with all of the survivors. When they start getting hungry (or more start getting dead in front of more witnesses), or are otherwise threatened, I think they'll start getting more serious about organization.
Michael was making some plans for the water...to make showers and get it from one place to the other. But he hadn't been told about the polar bear...and his question got dismissed. I'm not sure if they really told anyone about the distress signal that's been going on for 16 years. Plus you've got people spread between the caves and the beach (and it looked like the beach people were spread out) so information may not be getting to everyone.
Jessica! If I send postage will DH sign one? I'm going to try and get a bunch of sigs on those and it would be the cutest thing ever to have his autograph on one.
Dude, he'd be so flattered. Just send me your address.
the organizational aspect is strangely still lacking.
I can't decide if this is annoying or realistic. Mostly I try not to think about it.
Do we have any survivalist experts among us?
Hikers, campers and climbers are a good start. Got a few of those.
I have this horrible suspicion I'd be the Buffista Snickerbitch. Or possibly, and I'd be more than okay with this, Hurley.
I have this horrible suspicion I'd be the Buffista Snickerbitch.
You have a stepbrother we don't know about?
