Farm Fresh Domesticated Rat
Why I practice preparedness but am not into “survivalism”
Besides, rabbits would be more efficient.
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January 12th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I dunno about that. Rats are omnivores, rabbits herbivores.
In reality, pigs are probably the best, since they are also omnivores, grow bigger faster, and mama can have up to three litters a year.
Then there’s BACON!
January 12th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Rabbits cannot be depended on! See “Rabbit Starvation”.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
However, rabbits could replace toilet paper.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Guinea pigs breed so fast they could replace toilet-paper rolls. Except they’re the size of Q-tips.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Hope I’m never that hungry.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Meh. They eat them in Peru. I hear they are kind of greasy.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I’m going to second what HL said; rabbit meat is too lean to survive off of. Tastes good, though.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Guinea Pig is actually pretty good and something of a delicacy in Ecuador. I had while on a medical mission down there. They call it Cui (not sure if I spelled that right) and many of the houses have a little pen similar to a rabbit run outside for the guinea pigs.
January 12th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Bun Bun carries a knife.
January 12th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
I’d eat ’em!
Still +1 for Pigs. There’s something to be said about a big tasty animals that Texans with an open season can’t wipe off the face of the earth!
That’s resilience!
January 12th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
More efficient at killing you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
January 12th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Yeah, but doesn’t rabbit starvation assume you aren’t eating anything else besides bunnies?
January 12th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
It depends, the issue in rabbit starvation is eating too much protein (note this is distinct from eating too much meat, which has things other than protein in it).
If you’re eating mostly non-meats with just a bit of rabbit, you’re fine, but if you ate rabbits the way most Americans eat beef or chicken, you’ll be in trouble, regardless of what else you eat.
January 12th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
There is a huge difference in the meat of wild rabbits and domestically grown rabbits. Depending on the breed, fat content can be 10-12% compared to virtually nil for wild rabbit.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
As long as I can remember, my sister and I grew up on pan fried rabbit and squirrel. The occasional deer and pheasent supplemented our other meat. That was back in the 50’s. Mom’s 95 and still likes wild game. 🙂
January 12th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Stormy,
If you eat beef or chicken, the way most Americans eat beef or chicken, you’ll be in trouble, regardless of what else you eat. One only needs to look as far as the waistline of the average citizen.
Guinea pigs? Looks like a tube shaped, tail-less ground squirrel to me. I’d eat it.
January 12th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
We used to call rabbits Eater Bunnies.
The other,other white meat.
January 12th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Guinea Pigs are digusting animals.
January 12th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
I would prefer Long Pig to any of these choices.
January 12th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
The Ohio hunter’s credo:
They are good eating if you fix them right.
This applies, without prejudice, to every creature that swims, slithers, walks, flies, or writhes, [Oxford comma] on God’s green earth, and most beneath.
January 12th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Don’t pass up a few good squirrels for stew either…
Dann in Ohio
January 12th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
As I just said over at Les’s place, guinea pigs were actually domesticated specifically as food animals. Eating one isn’t really any different than eating any other domesticated food animal.
January 12th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
As Rob said, Cui is a food animal, they are also easy to breed and are tasty.
January 12th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
On a stick, with cheese. And some ranch, ‘mebbe?
January 12th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Gopher, Everett?
January 12th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Nutria = giant water rat. Taste like chicken, with a 365 day open hunting season. If you get them in the southern US, some of the states will even pay you a bounty for the tail.
January 13th, 2012 at 7:24 am
They taste better than his 401k full of gold and silver. Me? I invest in brass.
January 13th, 2012 at 11:48 am
Figured out Peter’s trance in Acts 10, did you, comatus?
January 13th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
JDS: “If you eat beef or chicken, the way most Americans eat beef or chicken, youll be in trouble, regardless of what else you eat. One only needs to look as far as the waistline of the average citizen.”
This appears to be implying large waistlines are due eating “too much” beef or chicken but a good bit of evidence shows that the “large waistlines” (and other problems) are more likely due to some of the “what else” that is eaten. Specifically: wheat, corn, sugar and vegetable seed oils.
For a good intro see:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
http://robbwolf.com/
http://www.archevore.com/get-started/
http://freetheanimal.com/
The “conventional wisdom” of a “healthy” diet is *not* supported by the science.
January 13th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Bob,
Agreed, conventional wisdom of what a ‘healthy diet’ is pretty much bunk. I’m familiar with paleo eating, and think it has merits. I was merely suggesting moderation vs. excessive consumption. Thanks for the links.
I believe the key is to eat FOOD….and 90% of what you find in a supermarket is NOT food. Ask me how I lost 70 pounds, and kept it off for the past 5 years. =)
That said, I’d still eat the shit out of some guinea pigs. Then again, I’d eat most anything that walked, crawled, slithered, or swam.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
nom nom nom, sounds good. Cooked over an open fire with a little bbq sauce.
Possum is very good if, as others have said, you feed them up right.
Minimum of a week(10 days is best) on corn meal will clean them out & get a lot of the greae and gaminess out of them.