eeewww....yucky!!!

[Mullenite]

This thread flows on from my eating pigeon thread and I would really like to see some discussion on it.

I find it interesting (odd) that ppl who are apparently preparing for a SHTF or worse scenario are perhaps too civilized to really survive.

This is not a judgment on anyone, rather a statement to ask if you "really" are ready. " I couldn't eat fido" or "eat a rat, you must be joking" are IMHO signals that maybe you really aren't as ready as you should be.

Peeing in a hole to pasteurize the wee for drinking is a valid and really useful thing to know as are so many other "yucky" things. Survival is just that the difference between living and curling up and dieing.

Yes some things are at best eewww but if you know how to; very few animals will kill you because of being disease ridden and theres the trick....knowing the difference between what will hurt you and what wont and in fact how to render the what will harmless (high heat cooking etc).

I see my greatest survival asset as my mind and try and expand my knowledge daily. When we close our mind to options because of something we may have heard or cultural indoctrinations, I really feel we are setting ourselves up for failure.

Anyway, this isnt pointed at anyone in particular. It's just my view and I would really like to hear yours.

[NateHowe]

One reason for emergency preparedness is so that we may not have to make some of those very unpleasant choices in bad times. Times may come when things are really desperate, but there is nothing wrong with the desire to eat and drink clean things. That desire is a foundational reason for the welfare program.

[MorningStar]

I wouldn't want to get food poisioning during an emergency because there is a very good chance I wouldn't have access to the care I need. So I would say no to disease ridden animals as a meal unless I was really, really, really desperate.

[WANDERER]

Here's to Morocan Bastilla: a la pigeon pie. Bushtucker version A bush tucker Christmas. 19 Dec 2007. Rural Online. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

For a nation that happily eats it's national symbol the kangaroo, I think culinary taste is reasonably adaptable ; )

However, you do have to know what you're doing. Survival food is survival food. The aim is to end up with the least amount of parasites as possible. I'd probably suggest protein rich plants over pigeon...of which there are more varieties than the ever popular lentils and beans.

[NateHowe]

Australians actually eat BOTH the emblems on the national seal - kangaroo and emu.

[john doe]

I'm sorry, but if the world is down to eating pigeons just to survive, we're in for a lot of pain. You might eat that day, but after that your food choices are just about nil. Cannibalism will be just around the corner. I think it would be better to just stand in the blast zone and go on to the next life if it ever comes to that.

[WANDERER]

Emu and crocodile tend to be restaurant fare...they're good *nom nom nom* ....whereas kangaroo is everyday fare in your local supermarket and is so popular that it is beginning to take over as many shelves as beef or lamb. Emu and croc are still speciality farming...LOL. There has been a bit of a campaign to buy Australian made in the past (from the producers who want to sell it)...perhaps it has been too successful? : )

[MarginOfError]

You bring up a good point. I pride myself on my survival skills, yet the reason I gave up hunting is I hate cleaning the animals (more out of laziness than queasiness). Perhaps I should pick up the hobby again.

[fish4kitty]

Being raised off the land I believe that there are few things that walk this earth that I can't shoot,field dress and eat. My short fall comes in identifying plants that are edible. Man now I'm going to have to study some more. Thanks though.