Grubs Grasshoppers Termites
From lumpy1 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 1
This information appears in a book called 'Survival FM 21-76 Department of the Army Field Manual'. department of the army 1970. it is basically an above average boy scout book. i purchased it at a military surplus store because it contains a very extensive selection of edible native plant species (gourmet) and other valuable information on trapping, fishing, and building shelters and campfires. Read more i will put the prep time in as 4 hours. im sure in that time you can go out and find something to eat (ha,ha). See less
Ingredients
- Wild plant food-it is generally safe to try wild plant foods you see being eaten by birds and animals; however, you will find few plants of which every part is edible. many plants have one or more indentifiable parts that have considerable food- or thirst quenching value. a. roots and other undergrount parts.1) tubers( wild potato, solomans-seal, water chestnut). 2) roots and rootstocks (water plantain, cattail). 3)bulbs (wild onion). b. shoots and stems. 5) edible ferns (bracken, fiddleheads). c. leaves. (spreading wood fern, wild chicory, wild rhubarb, prickly pear). d. nuts (english walnut, hazelnut, acorns). e. seeds and grains (rice). f. fruits (blueberry, raspberry, huckleberrries, mulberrry, wild crabapple). g. barks. h. fungi (morels, puffball). i. seaweeds (kelp, laver). shopping list
- cultivated vegetables shopping list
- foods from fresh water (a.fish, b.frogs, c. mollusks, d. crustaceans) shopping list
- reptiles (snakes, lizards, turtles). shopping list
- insects (grubs, grasshoppers, termites) shopping list
- birds and mammels shopping list
How to make it
- Tubers- may be boiled or roasted.
- cattail rootsocks- peel the outer covering and grate the inner white portion. eat them boiled or raw....in addition the young growing shoots are excellent when boiled like asparagus.
- ferns- select young stalks (fiddleheads) not more than 6 to 8 inches high. break them off as low as they remain tender; then close your hand over the stalk and draw it through to remove the wool. wash and boil in salted water or steam until tender.
- chickory- eat the young leaves as a salad and grind the roots as a coffee substitute.
- prickly pear- slice off the top of the fruit, peel back the outer layer, and eat the contents, seeds and all.
- bugs, grasshoppers, termites-and most other insects have food value and are palatable if prepared properly. use them to provide stock for soup or to add protein to stews. be sure to cook grasshoppers to kill parasites contained in their bodies.
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