45 Things People Actually Ate in Colonial Times
BY PGF
2 years, 3 months ago
Some of these things we still eat in the south. But view this more along the lines of survival foods.
Sassafras twigs are pretty fibrous and flexible. You can splay one end of them as a tasty toothbrush.
We’ll also mention that Gelitin from hooves and skin scrapings provides essential animal collagen for bone and joint health.
You must cook turtle and snake very thoroughly; worms and other parasites are just an added bonus.
Bear is one thing I’ve never eaten, nor beaver. It might not be a terrible idea to have recipes for some things that are common to your area. Knowing how to process and prepare unusual foods could save your life.
On September 21, 2022 at 5:46 am, Joe Blow said:
My little one wanted to try hunting. Ok fine, but you gotta eat what you shoot? Grandpa came over and gave him a 410, they went out into our woods for an hour and brought home 2 squirrels. We had potatoes and stew that night. He has gone deer hunting twice now with grandpa (but no deer!)
On September 21, 2022 at 7:24 am, buckeyebob said:
We grew up rather poor and dad was a very determined hunter shooting anything considered even marginally edible . We ate coon , groundhog , squirrel , rabbit , tons of fish , turtles , frog legs , birds of many kinds , deer of course , and one time possum but I can still remember how strong , bitter , and stringy the possum was . Thankfully it was only once . The dogs got more of the possum than we did . I can still remember the wonderful Pheasant dinners mom saved for Sunday . Yum! The Quail dinners were always great because we got our own little chicken and man were they tasty . Good memories when times were hard but us kids never knew it . We didn’t know we were poor until we grew up , heh .
On September 21, 2022 at 8:15 am, Drake said:
45 things people will be eating again after a couple more years of our current “leadership”.
This guy has great traditional recipes.
https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson/videos