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Dude - starlings must be about the nastiest thing alive with feathers. I used to pop 'em from my back patio and have my lab retrieve them for practice and entertainment. It took me a little while to convince her to pick 'em up. She always had that "this thing smells and tastes nasty" look on her face when she brought 'em. Never seen a cat take one either.

Of course, the fare changes with the season - if you have seasons. Sport fishing ain't all that reliable right here, but during much of the warmer part of the year I can fill a canoe with carp in about an hour - 15 minutes from home.

same here

You are always thinking about eating somebody.

I would gather at HEB.

Now I'm going to do you all a favor and let you in on a little-known (in the US) non-secret.

Purslane.

It's a well-known food crop in most of the world, but Americans just think it's a persistent weed. Picked young, it is quite tasty. Nutritious too. It's usually the first thing around here to sprout in the garden, by the sidewalk, in flower pots, etc. It grows just about everywhere the soil has been cultivated.

I have that nasty ass weed in my gardens

Well, there are only going to be a few times in a person's life they can legally eat person. So you gotta be ready.



Travis

As a boy growing up in Central Florida along the Gulf, we would always stop by an Oyster bar on the way back in from fishing the flats to chip off a few dozen fresh Oysters and put them in a wet burlap sack. I still have the old Mason hammer we sued for that task.

Sad to say, can't do that anymore, nor can you stay all summer long at the little county park in Ozello we used to live at for the entire summer while out of school! Thos were great times!

Of course you do. Everybody does. Pick the limbs when young and tender. Cook it like you would spinach or asparagus. lightly salt....enjoy. Also makes great filler or topping on enchiladas.

I could kill a mess of squirrel/rabbit in the yard, beaver in the pond and I know for sure deer when the sun went down. I could also flame a few bald eagles.

Pus......or are we talking about nutritional needs?

a I would gather DQ foot long Slaw Dog with fries and lemonade.

I would gather a DQ foot long Slaw Dog with fries and lemonade.

Easy. I'd head to the coast, and be back with about 50 lbs. of mussels, clams, snails and various other sea critters in no time. Grab some seaweed too. Be home with time enough to spare to whack a couple of squirrels out back. Voila: surf and turf.

there's about 120 head of angus behind the house here with their calves. I can carve out a back strap and have it on the weber genesis in less than 1 hour

if the answer to the question included hitting the years worth of cached Mountain House, MRE, buckets of rice/beans/flour etc, then I am set right now.
If the correct response is killing or catching something, then I have the back yard. Squirrel, coon, birds, and within easy walking distance, fishing.
I certainly have the skills set to handle the issue.

Rabbit or squirrel. Never a shortage and snow makes it easy.

If we are going to go cannibal I think a discussion on the best technique for field dressing and meat prep is in order. Is ethnicity a factor in choosing prey? Which is your favorite knife for people work?

Sorry for the thread bomb, sometimes I get carried away.

mike r

Human beans are mammals. No fancy prep required. I've read of folks coming across bush markets in Africa where 'long pig' has been offered. Hint: 'long pig' ain't porcine.

Deer,rabbit,or squirrel could be killed without having to go more than a couple hundred yards probably less.