Drinking Blood in Survival

[Beo]

Can't find the site I saw a few minutes back, always have that happen. Where some guy says in an extreme situation where no water is available you can filter the blood of the animal you hunted or trapped filter it like water then boil it and drink for the nutrients. I don't know if thats true but I wouldn't try it and think it would make you sick, makes me sick thinking about it.
Anyone heard of this?

[trax]

I remember seeing that before too, seems to me if there's animals around there should be some source of water around, except maybe lizards and whatnot in the desert that seem to do really well on really limited water. And how much blood you gonna squeeze out of a lizard, to boil down etc etc etc...

[Rick]

More than you could squeeze out of a turnip I'd guess.

[trax]

Hey Twinkienator, if I had a turnip...it'd probably have some water content, but I do always appreciate the input.

[Sourdough]

Did the Masai in Africa not live for thousands of years on just oxen blood and some ground up root.

[trax]

I know I've read that they drink the blood of animals when the slaughter them, but I don't know if that's their entire diet hopeak. I think it was the diet involved with the ritual and for some reason I seem to recall they mixed the blood with milk, but that might have been someone else..

[Sourdough]

They have a way of drawing the blood by the quart from the neck daily

[Rick]

Spigot? That must make for one unhappy ox.

[carcajou garou]

For us, its a matter of the hunt, we drink the blood as we field dress the animal, grandmothers passed this down from generations; we also made "blood" sausage from the domestic animals we raised.

[crashdive123]

Spigot? That must make for one unhappy ox.

(using his best Bela Lugosi voice) Now why didn't I think of that?

[nell67]

For us, its a matter of the hunt, we drink the blood as we field dress the animal, grandmothers passed this down from generations; we also made "blood" sausage from the domestic animals we raised.

NASTY!!!

[carcajou garou]

Masai, use a smaller version of a bow and small arrow to pierce the jugular vein and let the blood spurt out into a gourd like receptacle for later consumption.
Use a different animal as a donor each day

[carcajou garou]

We used all of the animal, its a matter of life and death.

[nell67]

I have seen my grandparents make "blood pudding" could not bring myself to taste it.

[carcajou garou]

Its quite good, once you get past the idea, we always did this so it was just "normal" fare.
I guess "prairie oysters" are out of the question?

[nell67]

Its quite good, once you get past the idea, we always did this so it was just "normal" fare.
I guess "prairie oysters" are out of the question?

You mean mountain oysters?? LOL I posted on both of these not to long ago,I cannot for the life of me,understand how a man,could eat those things

[carcajou garou]

Its good for the "aphrodisiac" qualities as well as protein value.

[nell67]

Its good for the "aphrodisiac" qualities as well as protein value.

Sorry,I dont need an aphrodisiac,thanks

[Ole WV Coot]

I am surprised nobody on this forum, especially from the South that hasn't tried or at least tasted blood pudding. When we butchered a few families came for the blood and intestines. Re: cracklins, chittlins stuff sausage in intestines, even use the bladder for a football. Hog killing time Grandpa used a little Stevens Crack Shot with a 22 short between the eyes then stick it. Lots of folks would say they didn't lose anything but the squeal, and if it was shot right and stuck they didn't lose that.

[nell67]

I'll eat cracklins,and chitlins,and even the sausage stuffed in the casings,but no thanks to the rest of that,I will however admit to a craving for pickled pigs feet and milk when I was pregnant with my first son,umm never did that combo again