At 14:39 1999-12-06 -0800, Jane wrote:

>I use the needles that have fallen off the tree
>(already dry, dead), or do I strip some off the
>branches?

No use the fresh ones from the branches.
Let the water boil before You put in the needles, that preserves vit C.
There are also some sugars and minerals in pine needle tea.
Whole needles need 25 min boiling, if You cut them first, 15 min is enough.
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Todd Wrote:
>Again, I wonder if pine tea would be considered paleo.  Are pine
>needles food?

Well You can chew them and probably get some vit C and minerals and a
very little energy. But I do not know if pines were present in african
savanna, and if so, there were not better choices.
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At 20:15 1999-12-06 -0600, maudette wrote:
>They also told me, I walk like one too. One foot in front of the other,
>instead of side to side like white men.

It is just John Wayne that walks like that, not other white men. They
must have judged this from western movies.
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At 12:22 1999-12-06 -0700, Erik wrote:
>What kind of food processing was done in paleo times?

Chewing.

- Hans