Essential Survival Foods: Foraging, Trapping, and Nutritional Needs
Food is vital for human survival, providing necessary vitamins and nutrients. In survival situations, foraging and trapping become crucial for sustenance. Carbohydrates from plants, proteins from nuts and meat, and fats from oily fish are key energy sources. Learn to forage safely by identifying edible wild plants like cattails and acorns, while ensuring you eliminate any bitterness from acorns through boiling. Master the art of trapping to supplement your food supply, utilizing efficient techniques like the split stick deadfall trap for a reliable food source.
Essential Survival Foods: Foraging, Trapping, and Nutritional Needs
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Although humans can survive for weeks or more without food you probably wouldn’t want to. • Thankfully most environments are full of food that can meet our nutritional needs.
Your body gets hungry because it knows that food contains the vitamins and nutrients it needs to keep working. • When you don’t get the nutrients your body needs it becomes sluggish and inefficient.
Carbohydrates- Most common source of energy used by our bodies.(plants) • Protein- Our body needs this to rebuild itself (nuts, meat, dairy, bugs) • Fats- Pure energy (oily fish, grubs)
The best ways to get food in a survival situation is to forage for it. • Collecting bird eggs- best time is early spring • Eating wild plants- a lot of plants look similar so make sure you are eating the correct thing.
Cattail • The spike or shoots can be harvested from spring until summer. They can be eaten raw or boiled. • As we peel the stalk sideways we find the edible inner core.
Acorns • Acorns have a very bitter taste. • Tannin should be removed from the acorns. Reducing the tannic acid from the acorns by boiling them will make them taste better.
Trapping • Trapping is more efficient than hunting but getting food is not a guarantee. • Time consuming- expect to spend time making a quality trap. Don’t waste your time on something that will not work.
Split stick dead fall • Easy to make • No survival • supplies needed.
