9 June 2017, 21:41
9 June 2017, 22:12
Actually, Harry, mushrooms have medicinal values, and are rich in important vitamins and minerals. They are also lovely on toast!
10 June 2017, 11:32
Indeed they are nice on toast with a cream source, but as a food, worthless on their own.
10 June 2017, 18:10
Rats and mice would be a readily available source of protein, once you get past the general concept.
When visiting a friend at the University of Arizona many years ago I feasted on a Native American banquet which included among other things rattlesnake, dog, cat and rat. Our host, from the Pima reservation was quite taken with my comments on the meal, "gee, you guys have BIG squirrels here!", and he said, "Mo, Sen~or, kangaroo rat, not tree rat..."
If you have the pleasure to try Asian street food in the PI, Vietnam or Taiwan, you might educate yourself first:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/03/5-wa...-rat-meat/
1. It smells like rat. Rats secrete an oil onto their skin that gives them their distinct "rodenty" odor. Some compare the smell to that of a warm tortilla, says Ginn, while others compare it to urine. Regardless, it’s distinctive. While it’s true that the odor lessens after the rat is skinned, and again after the rat is cooked, no amount of cooking can ever completely get rid of the smell.
2. It tastes like rat. The oil rats secrete gives them a distinctive taste as well. Ginn describes it as quite pungent and gamey — most similar to raccoon or rabbit. Blended with other meats, rat becomes a lot less distinctive, so you’d have to be rather discerning to notice it.
3. It tastes delicious when brushed with a moonshine glaze and barbecued. Of all the ways Ginn has eaten rat, this is her favorite preparation. A close second is smoked rat jerky served on brioche French toast. So, if you happen to be savoring a moonshine-BBQ dish, or think there is something slightly "rodenty" about the gamey and delicious jerky you are consuming, you might want to check the ingredients.
4. It looks like lamb. When it’s raw, pinkish/red rat looks very much like lamb. Unfortunately for the Chinese, when ground, rat can look a lot like any generic ground meat. When cooked, rat looks more like rabbit, Ginn thinks, just because of the shape of the cuts.
5. You’re in Asia. According to Ginn, rats are most commonly eaten in Asia because of the rice crop. In areas where rats feed off rice paddies rather than garbage, the rodents are considered safer to eat. Of course, it isn’t clear whether the rats marketed as mutton in China were healthy, rice-fed rats or sewer-dwelling, garbage-eating, Templeton-esque rats. The New York Times reports that the arrest announcement "did not explain how exactly the traders acquired the rats and other creatures." Rats are also disease carriers, so when Ginn organized her meal she ordered hers from a company that supplies specially raised, grain-fed rodents to zoos.
Bon appétit! More if you dare!
https://meat-recipes.wonderhowto.com/how...ry-184537/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCAoBjfaEbE
http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/cookingrats.htm
http://www.rense.com/general27/ram.htm
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5931901/recipes-f...t-rat-meat
When visiting a friend at the University of Arizona many years ago I feasted on a Native American banquet which included among other things rattlesnake, dog, cat and rat. Our host, from the Pima reservation was quite taken with my comments on the meal, "gee, you guys have BIG squirrels here!", and he said, "Mo, Sen~or, kangaroo rat, not tree rat..."
If you have the pleasure to try Asian street food in the PI, Vietnam or Taiwan, you might educate yourself first:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/03/5-wa...-rat-meat/
1. It smells like rat. Rats secrete an oil onto their skin that gives them their distinct "rodenty" odor. Some compare the smell to that of a warm tortilla, says Ginn, while others compare it to urine. Regardless, it’s distinctive. While it’s true that the odor lessens after the rat is skinned, and again after the rat is cooked, no amount of cooking can ever completely get rid of the smell.
2. It tastes like rat. The oil rats secrete gives them a distinctive taste as well. Ginn describes it as quite pungent and gamey — most similar to raccoon or rabbit. Blended with other meats, rat becomes a lot less distinctive, so you’d have to be rather discerning to notice it.
3. It tastes delicious when brushed with a moonshine glaze and barbecued. Of all the ways Ginn has eaten rat, this is her favorite preparation. A close second is smoked rat jerky served on brioche French toast. So, if you happen to be savoring a moonshine-BBQ dish, or think there is something slightly "rodenty" about the gamey and delicious jerky you are consuming, you might want to check the ingredients.
4. It looks like lamb. When it’s raw, pinkish/red rat looks very much like lamb. Unfortunately for the Chinese, when ground, rat can look a lot like any generic ground meat. When cooked, rat looks more like rabbit, Ginn thinks, just because of the shape of the cuts.
5. You’re in Asia. According to Ginn, rats are most commonly eaten in Asia because of the rice crop. In areas where rats feed off rice paddies rather than garbage, the rodents are considered safer to eat. Of course, it isn’t clear whether the rats marketed as mutton in China were healthy, rice-fed rats or sewer-dwelling, garbage-eating, Templeton-esque rats. The New York Times reports that the arrest announcement "did not explain how exactly the traders acquired the rats and other creatures." Rats are also disease carriers, so when Ginn organized her meal she ordered hers from a company that supplies specially raised, grain-fed rodents to zoos.
Bon appétit! More if you dare!
https://meat-recipes.wonderhowto.com/how...ry-184537/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCAoBjfaEbE
http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/cookingrats.htm
http://www.rense.com/general27/ram.htm
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5931901/recipes-f...t-rat-meat
10 June 2017, 18:24
I am sure you have heard of vegetarianism, HP?
10 June 2017, 20:48
Carol,
Hello and welcome.
Search Amazon for Food for Free and look at the other books it suggests. I have a few books that would be what you are looking for. Then when you have your list have a look through the files site.
MaryN, But you need vitamins to live of a vegetarian diet long term. It is unsustainable and can lead to health issues.
Hello and welcome.
Search Amazon for Food for Free and look at the other books it suggests. I have a few books that would be what you are looking for. Then when you have your list have a look through the files site.
MaryN, But you need vitamins to live of a vegetarian diet long term. It is unsustainable and can lead to health issues.
11 June 2017, 01:37
"I am sure you have heard of vegetarianism, HP? "
Of course I have, and you can live on that abhorrent diet while the supermarkets allow you to indulge in this fancy, try doing that 365 day a year after the crap hits the fan...you will loose weight quickly.
Of course I have, and you can live on that abhorrent diet while the supermarkets allow you to indulge in this fancy, try doing that 365 day a year after the crap hits the fan...you will loose weight quickly.
12 June 2017, 21:31
I tried learning to identify fungi. What a nightmare. It's not a skill that can be learnt quickly, and not a skill to utilise until you have achieved a certain level of expertise. I'm about to get a hunting dog; if SHTF we'll eat whatever he catches. I'd also go for fish - trouble is the best traps are illegal so you can't practice using them. This is all after I've gone through my 2,000,000 jars of peanut butter of course 
13 June 2017, 02:20
When all else fails you can always eat the dog!
In Vietnamese cooking, there are seven ways to cook a dog:
Thit Cho Luoc - Steamed dog
Cha Cho - Grilled dog
Rua Man - Steamed dog in shrimp sauce, rice flour and lemon grass
Doi Cho - Dog sausage with dog blood, peanuts, vegetables and neck bone
Gieng Me Mam Tom - Steamed dog in shrimp sauce, ginger, spices and rice vinegar
Canh Xao Mang Cho - Bamboo shoot and dog bone marrow
Cho Xao Sa Ot - Fried dog in lemon grass and chilli
And for sailors who were ever in Subic, PI, this site is just for you:
http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/...hite-meat/
In Vietnamese cooking, there are seven ways to cook a dog:
Thit Cho Luoc - Steamed dog
Cha Cho - Grilled dog
Rua Man - Steamed dog in shrimp sauce, rice flour and lemon grass
Doi Cho - Dog sausage with dog blood, peanuts, vegetables and neck bone
Gieng Me Mam Tom - Steamed dog in shrimp sauce, ginger, spices and rice vinegar
Canh Xao Mang Cho - Bamboo shoot and dog bone marrow
Cho Xao Sa Ot - Fried dog in lemon grass and chilli
And for sailors who were ever in Subic, PI, this site is just for you:
http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/...hite-meat/
13 June 2017, 07:49
What's the Vietnamese for skinned-then-cooked-whilst-alive dog?