SC - Re: Killer cooks

[Philip & Susan Troy]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, James F. Johnson wrote:

> > food, even if all you have is a flint chard (works OK, but is not good
> > for things like carrots and won't last long).
> 
> If I can skin a deer and drill a hole in bone, I can skin a carrot and
> chop it with flint, jasper, or obsidian. Heck, I've even used
> fine-grained basalt for tools....

Sure, it can be done, in particular with a real stone tool. I was
talking about a thin "chard" (one of those 2-3" long. thin, translucent
slivers). Not the most durable tool.

/UlfR
 who won't start a "more primtive than thou" DSW

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