Can you use the quills as toothpicks after the stew? (Are they even called quills?)
Only if yer holdin’ yer mouth right. Porcupine quills are pretty flexible once you get past the sharp barbed end part. They are more just like really sharp over sized strands of hair.
And you don’t want the ones from down by the creek. Thosun’s get to chewing that willow bark and they can be downright nasty bitter tasting little grubbers.