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my biggest thing has been smaller portions- my wifes grocery bill was 25 dollars a wek when i met her now we spend at least an hundred a week, i fill my cereal bowl to the top most likely two portions there same with my lunch at work i have probably 3 days of food in there peanut butter jar and roll of crackers 2 fruit cups two pudding cups 2 tinned fish( just in case) and at dinner i probably eat 3 servings of food, so lately i have been down sizing my portions and looking at cheaper ways of getting my nutrients w/o comprimisng taste..
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WE great question, I live in a suburb of the armpit called Cincinnati and eat beef and chicken I eat a ton of. I do however eat a lot of greens such as salad and other veggies plus the foraging when camping. Honestly it would be hard to cut meats out and by nature I am a carnivore... think I could do it if had to just don't wanna.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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My mother and sister have been vegetarian for quite a while now, and there are plenty of meat alternatives, but you can't say there isnt something better than a big piece O' meat
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no. if i had to i would, but not voluntarily and not willingly
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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I could do without buying meat but it would be replaced with deer, squirrel, wabbit, fish, crabs, crawfish, frogs, alligator, ducks, coots, rail, doves, all caught or killed close to home. No need to be a veggifreak. LOL.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Well, since zombies are off the diet (
) I guess I'd have to resort to harvesting wild (or available) meat too. Last time I checked I was pretty good at it. I've noticed a lot of my neighbors let their cats roam around loose and I've been told they taste like rabbit. He might not have originated the expression, but Edward Abbey was the first person I ever heard refer to beef as "slow elk" I honestly can't imagine having to go meatless, I sure as heck don't want to, but I'm aware of other sources of protein that are available, so I guess I'd start hoarding those (soy, peanuts etc)
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I could could without buying meat. However, I couldn't go without eating meat. I would just hunt for my dinner if I couldn't buy it. Last I checked, I have a freezer full of Fish, Venison, Rabbit, Squirrel and other goods.
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so you would just walk outside and plink theres dinner eh, like i said how many of you have been skunked when trying to hunt or fish and how about having to do it away from your family at your hunting area when your family needs you at home for security(personal and emotional) during a shtf scenario and how often would you be able to go out and sustain your self, as i said some of us are luckey to live in the bush and it is easier bt what about the rest of you do some serious thinking not just the same ol vanilla answer
i challange you..........
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If my neighbor's mutt doesn't stop barking he might be in the freezer sooner than later!!
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I've gotta agree with Ameriborn, I couldn't go meatless. I guess one meal a day should be solid meat!
On Topic: My In-Laws live in southern Louisiana, I guess it could be worth doing some fishing there but it's gonna be a very swampy, marshy area. A question for the board: Sea weed and alot of algea is edible, how about the algea you come across in bayous? Anyone know whether you could eat that stuff?
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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like crash I live by the gulf and I fish alot. I know I could get plenty of fish it might not be the premium fish like grouper or snapper but plenty of jacks,blue runners and mackeral. for red meat I would try and barter some seafood to some of the guys I know that hunt hog and deer.I wouldn't want to rely on my hunting skills to feed my family however I would set up some traps we do have alot of bunnies down here.
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I could'nt and would'nt go without meat. **** That ****!!
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I saw a show about the evolution of man that correlated the size of man's brain with his discovery of meat eating. The protein feeds the brain. Here's an article that also talks about it in the final paragraphs. Interesting statement toward the end that 25% of our metabolism is used to feed the brain.
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/l...mans-2two.html
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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well, part of the solution, when meat becomes harder to aquire, or less affordable, is to simply eat less of it.
i don't consume a lot of meat at most times, though i eat all i can get, or care to expend the energy to get, and at some times that is a lot. the fact is that i can be perfectly happy with meat as i small part of a few meals per week, though i can not be happy with fishing as a small part of my life .i could be a vegetarian if i had to. it might kill me, but i feel confident i could do it.
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did you read the thread at all? show at least some imagination
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I have used some seaweeds and kelp in cooking, but never algae. Keep in mind that most algae are very, very tiny - some in the microscopic range. Raising edible algae in some cultures is big business, and has been marketed in many products. There are however, algae that are toxic, containing neurotoxins. I couldn't find anything specific to the bayous of LA, but maybe some that have lived there can offer some specifics.
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not only are some algae toxic, some algae can kill you if ingested in any visible quantity.
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nope, refuse to...
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