Foraging Beechnuts

[SwissGearLabs]

Took a short vid some time ago when foraging for beechnuts. This year was a tremendously good year for them. Since they are slightly toxic you should roast/cook them before eating and although I collect quite a lot I only eat rather small portions (to go with something else).

In the video I mainly show how to take the skin away (2 methods). this is rather a lot of work but kinda relaxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDVbd_n4yAk

[Bernie]

Your knots tutorial video is epic. I was so inspired by it, I took my kids for a picnic and taught them, then I wrote a phone app with step-by-step instructions. It's one of my few favourite videos.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_-CwJNEkcs

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, just wanted to say thank you again!

[jus_young]

Good Knot tutorial. The first knot is also known as a falconers knot and can be tied one handed as the other hand has a bird of prey sat on it.

[SwissGearLabs]

well, thanks Bernie, for the nice comment. it is also my dad who tought me most of my knot knowledge as well. and i am very fond of these memories.

is it an iPhone app? if so, can i download it?

[Bernie]

Hi SwissGearLabs

Begin grumbles
It could be an iPhone app if I paid Apple for the joy of then waiting weeks for then to pick through the code and decide whether to allow me to offer it to users. I know that means Apple tends to have good apps in their market, but it's a painful and costly process I'm not willing to go through (especially as I don't have an iOS device). It's also not on the Android market due to Android requiring a paid-for developer licence. I have a fundamental issue with paying for something I'm giving away - I've already given my time and knowledge, why should I be out of pocket as well?
End grumbles

I did offer a link on here for it before, so if anyone is interested, you can download it for Android, WebOS and Symbian from this page (https://build.phonegap.com/apps/37310/share).

Sorry it's not more accessible for iPhone users.

If you just want to see how basic it is, download the ZIP file from this page (http://bernhard-hofmann.github.com/CampingKnots/), unzip it locally and open the index.html file in a browser. You might want to use a small window to view it more like it would appear on a mobile device.