Living off the fat of the land.

[Inigo_Montoya]

@aruvqan

Do be careful about Thumper, bunnies get tularemia…nasty nasty!

Is that known as Rabbit Fever in the vernacular? Cause I’ve heard of it really throwing ER docs for a loop–they just don’t think to ask if you’ve been eating wabbits, let alone if they were roastin’ as opposed to fricasseein’ wabbits. Is mixomatosis a problem as well?

[Podkayne]

@kaiwik

We also utilize many other daily “basics” which we glean from the wild. We use “scrubbers” for bathing from the roots of wild beach grass which have been exposed and toughened by winter storms and surf, and I know elders who still gather “stove rock” (pumice) from the beaches to scrub down their old timey oil cookstove tops.

We built a shelter from palm fronds and snot to protect us from the relentless Santa Ana winds, which would periodically ravage the island. [/Hillary Flammond]

(Er, sorry, couldn’t resist. I’m just in that kind of a mood today.)

[Campion]

@swampbear

I’m more of a 'possum and sweet taters man myself. With the brownies for dessert, of course.

In my granny’s cookbook, she says that if you want to get a rise out of a Southerner, tell him “cook possum with Irish potatoes!”

We guarantee it: if he has ever eaten possum, he will become very agitated, and will protest loudly, “No! Not Irish potatoes, Sweet potatoes!”

Congrats, swampbear. You passed the Southern equivalent of the Princess and the Pea test.

[justwannano]

@Large Marge

If this is a serious question, yes, you can live off the land without having to eat bunnies. You can live as a vegetarian, growing your own food, but it would be wise to raise animals you could trade for other goods, such as kerosene, clothing, tools, seeds, etc. Animals also provide items such as lard, skins, hides, teeth and bones that can be used in a variety of useful ways.

SOkay I can see using lard, skins, hides, and bones but what do you use teeth for?

[Large_Marge]

@justwannano

SOkay I can see using lard, skins, hides, and bones but what do you use teeth for?

I made rings out of the eye teeth of an elk I shot. You can also make earrings, necklaces, or decorations to add to knife sheaths or bladder pouches or clothes or hats. All can be sold for a profit, to buy other useful things.

There’s no sense wasting any part of an animal if you’re going to kill it.

[aruvqan]

@Inigo Montoya

Is that known as Rabbit Fever in the vernacular? Cause I’ve heard of it really throwing ER docs for a loop–they just don’t think to ask if you’ve been eating wabbits, let alone if they were roastin’ as opposed to fricasseein’ wabbits. Is mixomatosis a problem as well?

Yupers, AKA rabbit fever=)

Mix can be a problem, but you also need to be aware of worms…they get parasitic worms in the summer [primarily]. Like I said, be careful about bodily fluid contact when butchering the critters=) in general farmed bunnies are pretty safe with respect to the parasites as they should get deqormed liek a kitten when they are young and arent generally in contact with feral bunnies.