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Originally posted by Alex Blair
Sapper...
Bein's I'm a down homer,ex CE warrant officer with lots of Northern postings in my time,I got the opportunity to sample all kinds of odd grub...
Squirrel,beaver tail and legs,muskrat legs,frog,bear,moose nose,seal flipper,cod toungs,cheeks and fish eyes(Pinky Parker and I made my son in law gag when we scrambled to get at the fish eyes at a Chinese diner we had down town a few years ago...) eel,all kinds of internal organ meat,calfs nuts..
As a matter of fact I have a couple of pounds of bear pepperoni in the freezer that I can't wait til spring to BBQ...
But I have never had a chance to gobble up some snake..
Can't see that it could be too bad,as long as it is me eating him and not the other way around.That would suck...
Oh yes,snails and all different kinds of seafood that don't look very good but tastes great..
Spent a year in Italy and learned how to catch song birds to eat....
Dig a depression in the ground about two sqare feet and fill with water...
take a small tree branch stripped of leaves and smear non hardening gastket goo on it and span the puddle with it....
Within a little while some birds will find the puddle and come for a drink ..they will land on the stick..they can't let go to fly off then you just harvest your crop...Works right in my driveway in summer also...
Works for all kinds of little birds if you want to cage 'em...song birds ...doves ...pigeons....
Gastket goo should be a part of every ones survival kit...
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Sounds like you'd never starve if lost in the bush...probably have to diet when you returned to civilization! I too have an inquiring palate and there is nothing I won't try once. Being from the left coast and an avid scuba diver I have partaken of the bounty of the sea; oysters, Sea Urchin roe, Sea Cucumber, shark, salmon and salmon roe, scallops, several varieties of clams, oolichans, Gooey-ducks, Dungeness crab, Red Rock crab, Cod, Greenling, Rock fish. Hunting, I have eaten Bear, both Black and Grizzly, Cougar, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat, Squirrel, 'coon, Beaver, and of course, all the Ungulates. There is much Flora in B.C. to be enjoyed: Wild onions, Fiddleneck ferns, Watercress, Dandelion greens, several species of mushroom: Shaggy's; not to be confused with Shaggy Manes, and Pine mushrooms. Yum! I even tried Rattle Snake once..in a restuarant in Vancouver called appropriately, the Rattle Snake Grill (tastes like chicken!)
Haven't tried eyes yet, would probably give it a shot.
I have tried one food that I didn't enjoy! Yes, yes, it's true!
Calf brains..didn't like 'em, won't eat 'em again. Actually, sorry, there are two foods I've tried and didn't like: That Mexican delicacy, Menudo! Probably didn't clean all the shite out of the pig's intestines before they cooked it. Smelled, and tasted like...SHITE!
CHIMO!
