>>308677I've eaten mulch before...if it's well dried and all, it's not too bad -- just tastes like wood. If you eat it in any significant quantity, though, note that you'll be shitting splinters, and that's never any fun.
Also, it has no nutrient value...so it's just sort of a "I wonder what wood tastes like" exercise...
Oh, also, note that many mulches are treated with chemicals that'll make you sick if you eat them in quantity.
And, just to top off and address your scenarios:
>homelessnessbeen there, done that. Not something I'd call "fun", but homelessness in the western world is dildo-tier easy. you'll be more worried about avoiding crime and finding a job more than you will be worried about starving.
Seriously, someone somewhere in whatever locality you live in is more than likely giving away free food at any given time -- churches tend to have after service dinners every time they meet (cf. sunday and wednesday), orgs like the KoC etc tend to have "refreshments" at their meetings (and they run soup kitchen type shit too that you can volunteer for...giving you access to food). Hell, even supermarkets have at least one dildo giving out cheese and crackers samples daily (look to the higher-tier stores).
Even if you're a total autist who can't into finding free food, hell, there is so much food per volume in the western world that you could literally become obese just by dumpster diving...and beating that, most grass is edible, as are common things like clovers, plantago, etc...
in short, you'll never starve as a hobo unless you're severely mentally ill, in which case you probably have some sort of subsidy that gives you food any way.
>stuck in the wildif you're in the wild, there isn't mulch...there's natural forage shit everywhere. if you're innawoods literally scooping detrius into your mouth because muh survival, then you are a retard because outside of winter, there is ample plant and fungal life about for you to eat.