Hopefully not long, if our tax dollars are paying for it...

And how many times I have I talked about food and had you almost drooling?

I'm wondering if squirrel meat is any better than rabbit meat ?

LW.

I honestly don't know. It may be that an area that supports squirrels supports enough other wildlife that we don't have historical examples of people having to eat nothing but squirrel meat for several days. I get the sense that the "rabbit starvation" stories all involve an environment that literally didn't support any game other than rabbits or hares.

A step up from haggis?

Not possible.


It's the " Great Chieftan o' the Puddin-race" haggis doncha know!

I once dated a pissant. I was only able to survive him for about three weeks.

Pissant, definitely not the other white meat!

seems like in the journals of Lewis and Clarke they mention living on 5-7 pounds of elk per person per day and for weeks at a time????? anyone confirm this please......
I grew up on deep fried rabbit....farmers would give them to my father plus my father hunted rabbit...of course we ate the rabbit with green beans and mashed potatoes with my mom's patented gravy! rabbits are a 'clean' animal when compared to a chicken and deep frying in peanut oil was a big plus for preventing protein intoxication.
In my backpack for hiking is always a bottle of olive oil....might as well put one in the BOB

Yes, it is true that the Lewis and Clark expedition reported consuming on average 8 lbs per person per day of venison and elk. Bear in mind that it wasn't only meat they ate, for they were able to forage Camas, berries, and barter for other items from the locals. They needed that much because of the amount of work they were doing.

Rabbit is a healthy protein source in the diet. If you add a little starch and fat, such as your mother did based on your description of the meals she cooked, then you enjoyed a well rounded, nutritious childhood it sounds like.

The problem is with eating just rabbit and nothing else. You would get the same effect eating whitefish, or squirrel, or any other lean meat and not having anything else to consume.

One thing that Lewis and Clark had, which contains protein, fats, carbs, and lots of nutrition in a small package, was pemmican. Pemmican was the survival food for injuns, explorers, trappers, pioneers. Hudsons Bay had standing orders with many tribes for regular procurement for their trapping troops.

"And it's got big nasty teeth."

Apologies for any aversions to Monty Python.