On the beach - spruce trees on sand dunes |
Close up of sand eroding, exposing the spruce trees roots |
gathering spruce roots |
Keep roots wet until you are ready to strip the bark off |
Use fire to warm up the spruce root bark until it steams |
Use stick or knee to scrape off warm bark from spruce root |
When bark cools, re-warm in fire to continue stripping off bark |
A day's hard work, cleaning spruce roots |
Bite end of spruce root to begin splitting it |
Separate split - the root should split naturally with little guidance |