redskies wrote:Razor clams, winkles, clams, oyster, prawns, crab or lobster are all freely and easily available here. My Dad taught me how to make a creel when I was a kid, so if I can get a boat (not hard), then I can put a creel down.
In the rivers, seas and wee lochs, there are salmon, trout, herring, cod, codling, dab, tarbet and all sorts of other things.
On land, deer and rabbit.
Then there's fresh stuff from the garden, honey from hives and various farm animals.
If we were still in the city, I'd need one hell of a food stock!
I could live on that!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
I read John Humphries book, which detailed farmed salmon. I would not fancy it either. Round here in the shires we have the usual rabbits, pheasants and pigeons. Mushrooms and loads of wild greens. Then there are coarse fish if needs be. And my garden of course.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Those sound good to me. I should have mentioned. Geese. We have lots and lots and lots of geese. They're considered as vermin here! Also ducks. When I was walking today, I went along the side of a loch with a hotel on the other side; the resident ducks followed me the whole quarter mile, shouting for something to eat!
Don't eat city pigeons. Country pigeon is good - but city pigeons are just flying plague pits. Nasty things! Pheasant is also good. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable about wild mushrooms unless I'd had lessons from someone who really knows their stuff. On the other hand, dried ones last almost forever and don't take up a lot of space, so I can stock up on those
I am pleased to say I am good at mushrooms. My Dad taught me, and our neighbours were Romanian. Their idea of a day out was foraging in the woods. They taught my Brother and me a lot.
The thing with wild foods is that they are renewable. You just have to learn how to use them. The upside of being a countryboy.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Wouldn't bother me tbh the family excluding my father would severely disagree with me but food is food and can help you to survive. Also people probably would not go and eat them straight away in a SHTF situation and so you would probably have a bit more food if not enough was stocked.
jansman wrote:I am pleased to say I am good at mushrooms. My Dad taught me, and our neighbours were Romanian. Their idea of a day out was foraging in the woods. They taught my Brother and me a lot.
The thing with wild foods is that they are renewable. You just have to learn how to use them. The upside of being a countryboy.
I don't know where you are, but if you ever feel like giving lessons, please let me know - it's the one area of my wild plant ID skills that I really have no confidence in!
jansman wrote:You need to pick on a couple of fungi. Then recognise them in ALL their stages.
Any books by Roger Phillips are the best. I think he even has an App.
I'll find the books - I don't do apps. Or google. Or even the google search. I even have software to stop the buggers tracking me round the net, them and flippin FB!
Jansman , I love mushrooms , but is scares the living dsylights out of me in case I get it wrong , really paranoid about it , really for no real reason
Jamie
Be Prepared.
Plan like its the last loaf on the shop shelves.
Plan like its the last beer in the fridge.
