Children vs. wild food

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

for the last year i have worked with my 3 year old daughter to see what wild foods she would eat. she likes fish(if she catches them). she likes roasted maple seeds, beech nuts and poormans pepper. she likes all of the wild fruit s and berries, (crab apples, blue berries, raspberries ect).. she wont eat mushrooms or wild greens, (except for japoneese knot weed). in a survival situation, what foods would your children eat and how do you know that they like it?? if lost with your kids how would you feed them if they wont eat wild fare?

[Bladen]

i would think that most any child would be alot less fussy after a day or two without food.

hunger is a pretty strong motivator.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

hunger does help with getting over the wall where wild food is concerned. bitter and sour are the worst problems with plants, and if all you have is mealy worms, earth worms, scorpions?? my daughter refuses them completely. what does someone do in those cases when the people in need wont eat the food? there is a harsh reality we may starve ourselves, bescuse we wont/cant eat the food that is available. the retch response makes it impossible to consume it.

[finallyME]

I am still trying to get my kids to eat normal food. We will work on survival food eventually.

In reality, they WILL eat it, one way or another.

[canid]

in a long enough emergency, children will eat anything, just like you yould.

[Old GI]

Two grandsons, 8 and 11, not only eat that stuff. They walk you around the NM farm and show you what's edible and what's not.

[canid]

good kids.

[trax]

Did the same thing with the oldest grandson that I've done with my boys, take them out in the bush with no food and just tell them "this is what we're eating" Pretty amazing how fast they adapt. With my grandson it was more of a challenge to get him to stop eating worms

[hunter63]

The kids, when they were younger thought it was cool to eat wild stuff, and introduced their friends to it also........

On a hunting trip, I took several neighbor kids with us, came across an old apple orchard, picked some not so wormy apples, passed them out, and one little girl ask me "who do we have to pay?"
So many people have no idea where their food comes from.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

I was introduced to wild foods at an early age. grass hoppers were/are my favorite food.

[crashdive123]

Wild children are great to eat in an emergency.

[trax]

Wild children are great to eat in an emergency.

But they're fast and they dart around everywhere ....hard to catch the little boogers...just sayin'

[crashdive123]

But they're fast and they dart around everywhere ....hard to catch the little boogers...just sayin'

You've just got to use the right trap.

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[trax]

Gives "good kid" a whole new meaning doesn't it?

[pocomoonskyeyes]

Wild children are great to eat in an emergency.

Ahh, So now I know why you were watching where my kids were playing at Jamboree!!! LOL

[Swamprat1958]

Mine are good on most wild game, fruits, berries and pecans. But I haven't tried any of the extreme wild foods with them yet. I think my son would be ok, but my daughter and wife would have to be very hungry to try invertebrates, heck they won't even try crawfish or shrimp.

[canid]

btw: aren't those options pretty limited. most or none?

[Old GI]

You've just got to use the right trap.

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crash: You should be hearing the knock on your door. The men in white coats are there to help you.

[trax]

crash: You should be hearing the knock on your door. The men in white coats are there to help you.

Oh yeah "we're from the government, we're here to help you" Never heard that one before

[crashdive123]

crash: You should be hearing the knock on your door. The men in white coats are there to help you.

We're here to help. Where's the kitchen?

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