St. Hargrim's Survival Charts

St. Hargrim's Survival Charts are an interesting mix of survival guide, early nutritional work, and recipe book.
St Hargrim was a dwarven monastic cleric who devoted the bulk of his monastic service to finding ways to keep people properly nourished and sustained while traveling through the wilderness.
The charts have an enormous collection of edible plants and animals catalogued in them as well as other things that one might find in the same area that make a more complete meal and poisonous things to avoid. Some of the recipes are amazingly delicious despite their limited ingredients list and will even appear on the tables of royalty, despite their humble origins.
The charts also contain what St. Hargrim called "semi-edibles" that may cause mild upset stomachs or have little or no nutritional value but could be used to bulk up a meal in an emergency.
And finally, the charts catalog an enormous variety of medicinal plants and how to harvest and use them for various ailments.

Document Structure

Publication Status

The charts have been in print continuously for almost 300 years. Translators and naturalists have updated them with additional research, but the name remains the same in honor of St. Hargrim's efforts.

Legal status

The book is considered to be property of the The Church of Holy Light and royalties for its publication flow back to the church. St. Hargrim himself died about 70 years after the initial publication.

Historical Details

Legacy

St. Hargrim's humble book of charts, drawings, and recipes has been widely printed, updated, and spread to the far corners of the world. It has saved countless thousands from malnutrition, poisoning, and starvation while isolated from civilization and St. Hargrim's culinary adventurousness has also resulted in a number of new recipes based on his original text.

Type

Manual, Culinary

Medium

Paper

Authors

• St. Hargrim