what is the proper method to extract pine nuts from the cone.....
Yes rob... l am and you can ask anyone and they will tell ya the same, Now if you pay attention ya might learn something!

The ripe cone opens naturally as it dries.
Place close to a fire or in strong sunlight to speed the process up a bit.
A few conifers are poisonous tho.

try to eat real food. Survivorman stuff. as a last resor deff eat it tho.

your a mountain man ....you should already know

everything is edible. people boiled leather off their boots and ate it to survive winters in siberia.
i do not know what you think l should be scared of, but you sir, are an a**.