Solutions to impending food shortages

If 300+ million of us have to live on 'possums and coons, the supply won't hold out for very long.

The NJ better come up with some ground bug and pond scum recipes.

BTW, wheat for our bread does not come from Ukraine.

#2 feeblemind on 2022-03-25 12:53 (Reply)

The phrase "possum stock" makes me feel ill.

#3 LP on 2022-03-25 13:12 (Reply)

Alligator isn’t a “shortage” food. Down here we eat it all the time.

Same with crabs. And crawfish. And squirrel. And deer. And duck. You people really need to learn how to eat local.

#4 I Am What I Am on 2022-03-25 13:12 (Reply)

Humanity is where we are today thanks to a handful of foods and processes: Bread, cheese, drying and salting food to preserve it. Do not under estimate the value of bread. It is also worth noting that the same conditions (famine, war) that made those foods so important are making a come back. Just saying.

#5 OneGuy on 2022-03-25 13:35 (Reply)

Wheat (whole wheat berries) can be sprouted in three days which dramatically increases the nutrient value. Then it can be easily cooked into satisfying meals. Try it. Not as versatile as it is when ground into flour but it will be more nourishing.

#6 George on 2022-03-25 13:48 (Reply)

Here is an easy method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XINqLT96ajU&t=5s to turn whole wheat berries into food.

#6.1 George on 2022-03-25 14:16 (Reply)

A great video on survival eating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BSnFxxQZM0&list=PLLCTm4iv44xzYX0NwnjJtDQENu7jtUZFE&index=2 this guy lived it.

#6.2 George on 2022-03-25 15:40 (Reply)

I have a 19th century cookbook that features ways to prepare "wild game". Hopefully it won't come down to that but with those leading the world and Joe Biden they don't really care as they will have everything they desire to eat, the bastards.

#7 JC on 2022-03-25 13:52 (Reply)

This guy is brilliant https://www.youtube.com/c/strugglemeals/videos his recipes are geared to saving money but they also fit well into feeding yourself and family when there is food shortages.

#8 JustMe on 2022-03-25 14:22 (Reply)

This guy cooks 17th century food and methods https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson/videos this could be helpful in case Biden's policies destroy the economy so bad that we are back in the 17th century. And his site is great for historical reasons too.

#9 JustMe on 2022-03-25 14:25 (Reply)

What do you mean that man can't live on bread? It's been the primary food source since the beginning of civilization. Bread and beer, essentially the same thing, are what made civilization possible. Without it we would still be hunter gatherers.

Considering how much wheat we export I doubt very much that we depend on others for it.

#10 jack walter on 2022-03-25 14:40 (Reply)

Don't forget bugs, we can always eat bugs. Progressives and enviro-wackos have been pushing them our way for years now anyway.

#11 Erasmus on 2022-03-25 14:55 (Reply)

Bugs!
Ooooo... Chocolate covered Ants, and Grasshoppers.
Or were you talking about bugs in computer programs?
Shrug; If we're actually living in a simulation, maybe we could eat them too.
/

#11.1 AlphaOmega on 2022-03-25 16:25 (Reply)

End RFS , the renewable fuel mandate, so the 40% of all US corn would go to food instead of motor fuel.

#12 HS on 2022-03-25 18:59 (Reply)

I am born and raised Cajun. I ate REAL Cajun food all my life. We called it 'food'.

That said, I am of the opinion that alligator is useful for impressing tourists. 'Tastes like chicken'? I'll have chicken, then.

We ate a lot of things while growing up, when money was tight. Now I have choices. Alligator isn't one of them.

#13 mostly cajun (Link) on 2022-03-26 11:14 (Reply)

People in big cities like New York, LA, and Chicago won't have to go hungry. They can dine on their more than adequate population of rats and pigeons.

#14 RebeccaH on 2022-03-26 14:13 (Reply)

Grains are slave food - high carb stuff first cultivated in the fertile crescent to feed the slaves that built the ziggurats.

The earliest agrigulture is the pardes/pardisi - a protected corral/paddock filled with useful trees and semi-domesticated livestock. From which we get the word paradise.

Landowners ate meat and cheese. Slaves ate gruel.

#15 Ben David on 2022-03-27 15:50 (Reply)

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Solutions to impending food shortages