Susan Kline wrote:

> 1. Wear a long-sleeved blouse, of fairly tough fabric.

Fabric?!  Tsk-tsk... Fabric isn't Paleo!  Wear a good thick animal
skin instead.

> 2. Have a basket or bag you can carry on your arm. Mine is plastic

Plastic is decidedly non-paleo (although it is derived from petroleum,
which comes from pre-paleo organic matter, i.e. "dino-juice").  Is
basket-weaving paleo?  If so, and commerce isn't, then you must weave
your own basket before gathering.

> I used to use it for art supplies.

Well, art *is* paleo... as long as you paint on cave walls and not
canvas, that is.

> 3. (This is the good part:) get one of those "grabbers" that
> mechanics use, with the flexible cable and the four little jaws that
> come open when you press the button on the end.

Ah-ah-ah!  "Grabbers," as well as the mechanics who use them, are not
paleo!  Either gather by hand or with crude homemade tools made from
natural materials...

> 4. Keep clippers with you. You can cut obstructing branches that are
> in your way.

...Ditto for the clippers.

> put them (unwashed, they usually don't need it) in a glass casserole
> dish with a lid, and microwave them...

Microwave?!  Even those world-famous paleo-techs, Fred and Wilma
Flintstone, didn't have one of those!  Just use your unwashed hands to
pop those unwashed berries directly into your mouth... haven't you
heard today's news?  Bacteria, especially of the kind found in good
ol' garden-variety dirt, is good for your immune system!  ...Oops,
sorry - nix the garden...

;-)

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Deanna