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Nickelless
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 Posted - 06/17/2010 : 04:12:15
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As I was making my weekly trek to western KY last weekend, I saw the grain-like appearance of the ever-present roadside grasses along the highway and wondered about its viability as a food source post-SHTF. Is this strain of grass with the seed heads worth anything nutritionally as a grain source? Granted, I know you'd want to get grass at the top of a hill that wouldn't be as affected by industrial/vehicle runoff, but I couldn't help but wonder about this as a possible wild food source. Any insights?
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thogey
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Posted - 06/17/2010 : 09:03:06
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The grass heads my not be worth the effort, calorically.
Insects are the food source I would depend on. I got over the aversion to them during basic combat survival training.
Six legged bugs are safe to eat (no flies or roaches).
They don't taste bad and you don't have to cook them. Earthworms termites and grubs taste like dirt or wood. Ants are tangy. Grasshoppers taste like grass. And I imagine they would be good fried in peanut oil.
You can start getting over your aversion by eating meal worms, commonly sold a fish bait. They taste like the bran meal they're packaged in.
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Delawhere Jack
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Posted - 06/18/2010 : 17:35:23
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You probably wouldn't get nearly the nutrition compared to cultivated serial grains, but in a pinch....
Sythe, thresh and winnow!
Even better if it can be malted!
Excerpt:
A Fresh Look A Green Grasses
When you think about it by far, humans eat more grasses than they realize. Oats, wheat, corn, and rice are all grasses in the truest sense.
The seeds of all grasses are edible. Grasses are distinguished easily by their hollow stems and joined stems. Wild rice is one example of grass staple foods that have been used by indigenous peoples around the world.
Other grasses are the many kinds of sorghums and millets found in the tropics. Take a look in the direction of Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia -- and you'll find wild oats in each place. Even some types of bamboos are grasses, and they also produce edible seeds, along with the highly edible young shoots.
The grains of grasses are eaten raw, parched, pounded into flours, and roasted.
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Nickelless
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Posted - 06/19/2010 : 12:33:19
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Originally posted by thogey
The grass heads my not be worth the effort, calorically.
Insects are the food source I would depend on. I got over the aversion to them during basic combat survival training.
Six legged bugs are safe to eat (no flies or roaches).
They don't taste bad and you don't have to cook them. Earthworms termites and grubs taste like dirt or wood. Ants are tangy. Grasshoppers taste like grass. And I imagine they would be good fried in peanut oil.
You can start getting over your aversion by eating meal worms, commonly sold a fish bait. They taste like the bran meal they're packaged in.
When you get comfortable eating bugs, it's fum to gross your friends out by just popping a worm in your mouth.
I'll ask my fiancee if she wants me to cook for her next weekend! Thanks for the info, Thogey. |
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stateofmind
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Posted - 06/20/2010 : 02:35:14
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