I also read the link that dweste showed here - and I'm hoping to try it out. It does sound like the author roasted the inner pine bark and ate it quite happily.

I've seen a few comments along the lines that Sheriff Blast highighted - namely that some pine needle teas may induce abortions. It's not exactly confidence-inspiring .. I'll be a little more careful with pine needles until this is figured out. It would be nice to get a better understanding of what's going on there.

Ohh and by the way - I can't imagine you'd get a huge amount of nutrition from the bark. You could be pretty desperate if that was your only food source in a winter survival situation.

Pete
(the other Pete .. not Paramedic Pete)