 They did not eat fish or fowl, unless starving, when they would eat virtually any creature they could catch, including [[armadillo]]s, [[skunk]]s, [[rat]]s, [[lizard]]s, [[frog]]s, and [[grasshopper]]s. Buffalo meat and other game was prepared and cooked by the women.The women also gathered wild fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, roots, and tubers — including [[plum]]s, [[grape]]s, [[juniper]] berries, [[persimmon]]s, [[mulberry|mulberries]], [[acorn]]s, [[pecan]]s, wild [[onion]]s, [[radish]]es, and the fruit of the prickly [[pear cactus]].The Comanche also acquired [[maize]], dried [[pumpkin]], and [[tobacco]] through trade and raids.