Could you stomach Great Depression meals?

[PA PATRIOT]

Add to the list,

Pigeons (But anything with wings will also do)
Pan fish
Snake
Beaver
Rat
Certain wild grasses
grubs
Wild berries

[ryan]

Beaver is good, Raccoon is better.

[Mark/MO]

Beaver is good, Raccoon is better.

Never ate beaver but we used to eat coon back when I trapped a little. It was good but I always get weird looks when I mention eating it .

[SeriousStudent]

I was discussing this with my daughter over dinner last night. We have had good times and thin times in our family, as have most of you.

"Dad, I remember you laughing about someone getting mad that their $6 cup of coffee was not perfect. And we did not have $6 worth of food in the house."

Poor does not mean stupid, nor does rich always mean smart.

[Moose-Knuckle]

My grandfather is in his 90's. He was a teen during the Great Depression and grew up in rural Iowa on a family farm. He got quit good and chasing down rabbits with his bare hands! Ammo was a luxury most could not come by in his neck of the woods. In WWII he would trade is ration of Lucky Strikes to Europeans for various eats and treats as he was not a smoker.

I can't even imagine what it must have been like to have grown up during that time then sent off to fight in Europe.

Life has SUCKED for A LOT of people, our turn is coming down the pipe. . .

[Big Wall]

I have eaten most of these things as well. Fried cornmeal mush is very good.

[ryan]

My favorite Raccoon recipe, use at your own risk.

1 coon
1 (or 2 or 3 or ?) large bottle favorite sauce be it BBQ, Hot, Dales.

Place skint coon on cookie sheet and bake in oven at 350 till done. You might could wrap the bandit in bacon if you is livin high on the hog. Pick all meat off bones and place in crock pot. Stir your sauce into the meat, slow cook for an hour or 2. Serve warm on toast, or use as chip dip, bbq sandwich, or whatever.

[ryan]

My favorite Possum recipe, use at your own risk.

1 Possum purged, cleaned.
Potatoes
Carrots
onions
salt
pepper

Cook the vegetables, throw the possum to the dogs.

[The_War_Wagon]

Our grandfathers were tougher than us. Skinnier, too.

You get HUNGRY enough, you'll survive on whatever's on your plate, as my dad always said.

[gsxr-fan]

Humans have eaten all kinds of weird crap since we were kicked out of the garden of Edan and yet we have survived. Personally, nothing in the above menu choices interest me; my issue would be how to get past my gag reflex! Barf bags anyone?