Hope you like rats...

[Missourian]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

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Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

 

[odanny]

You like possum, right? You like coon, right? Well, if you have trouble finding either of them due to overharvesting, you can always rely on what you normally do: Budget Gourmet and your microwave.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

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Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

Could be. Just heard that a major pork packing plant that supplies a lot of that meat is closing. Just hope we don't get this far.

 

[ReinyDays]

Gopher is supposed to taste pretty good ... we have Springers running right now ... quarter mile walk to the river and I can snag meat for a week (although snagging is illegal here, it's easy to land a decent sized fish that way) ...

 

[JGalt]

The article didn't mention it, but Smithfield is a Chinese-owned company.

 

[Missourian]

You like possum, right? You like coon, right? Well, if you have trouble finding either of them due to overharvesting, you can always rely on what you normally do: Budget Gourmet and your microwave.

I prefer rabbit and squirrel. Possum isn't good and Coon is too fatty.

Might try raising some rabbits though. And there's always fishing.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

You like possum, right? You like coon, right? Well, if you have trouble finding either of them due to overharvesting, you can always rely on what you normally do: Budget Gourmet and your microwave.

I had raccoon once. Couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for two days. It was like a thin layer of plastic film attached to the roof of my mouth.

Sure. Microwave. If you can find any frozen dinners to actually do that with.

 

[MarathonMike]

Hmmm I live trap pack rats and let them go in the desert. Anyone have any yummy rat recipes?

 

[petro]

Damn. Had 3 Turkeys in my yard sat.
Should have took them out.

 

[MarathonMike]

You like possum, right? You like coon, right? Well, if you have trouble finding either of them due to overharvesting, you can always rely on what you normally do: Budget Gourmet and your microwave.

I had raccoon once. Couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for two days. It was like a thin layer of plastic film attached to the roof of my mouth.

Sure. Microwave. If you can find any frozen dinners to actually do that with.

LOL that reminded me of the raccoon commercial where the one raccoon tastes some nasty stuff from the garbage and says exactly what you said.

 

[Missourian]

Gopher is supposed to taste pretty good ... we have Springers running right now ... quarter mile walk to the river and I can snag meat for a week (although snagging is illegal here, it's easy to land a decent sized fish that way) ...

Never tried gopher. We can bow fish out here. If you haven't tried it you're missing out. But if I'm out for food, hard to beat a trotline or jug-fishing.

 

[Missourian]

Hmmm I live trap pack rats and let them go in the desert. Anyone have any yummy rat recipes?

Throw 'em in Brunswick Stew.

How bad could it be?

Traditional Brunswick Stew (Appalachian Squirrel Stew)

Traditional Brunswick stew is made with small game, namely squirrel or opossum. Since they don't generally sell squirrel meat at the grocery store, these days most recipes substitute dark meat chicken instead. In truth, most people do

practicalselfreliance.com

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Hmmm I live trap pack rats and let them go in the desert. Anyone have any yummy rat recipes?

Throw 'em in Brunswick Stew.

How bad could it be?

Traditional Brunswick Stew (Appalachian Squirrel Stew)

Traditional Brunswick stew is made with small game, namely squirrel or opossum. Since they don't generally sell squirrel meat at the grocery store, these days most recipes substitute dark meat chicken instead. In truth, most people do

practicalselfreliance.com

Now this I've had, and it was tasty. Hunter friend of mine is big on this stew. And the meat didn't leave a weird taste in your mouth. Had a guy in our dormitory (circa 1983) that used to make Squirrel Pie.
Veggies and squirrel...mmm...mmm.

 

[Camp]

We eat small portions of meat maybe twice a week at my house. Usually in the form of a meat ravioli or ingredient in soup or stew. Meat eaters are not excited about our soups and stews. Very small amounts of meat.

 

[Likkmee]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

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Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

Scalded hog.... be careful . They'll think you said "Dog" and put you on ignore or call you a Micom.
Oh... Add a good bit of salt to that water and bring that boil up to 220 or so It'll sluff of easier too with less blade pressure

 

[satrebil]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

---------
Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

Funny isn't it? For all the shade they throw at us "flyover states" I can walk into my backyard and find food if TSHTF. Let's see how far their elitist mentality carries them in their concrete jungles.

 

[Missourian]

We eat small portions of meat maybe twice a week at my house. Usually in the form of a meat ravioli or ingredient in soup or stew. Meat eaters are not excited about our soups and stews. Very small amounts of meat.

Honestly that's likely the healthiest course if current nutritional health science is accurate.

 

[Missourian]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

---------
Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

Funny isn't it? For all the shade they throw at us "flyover states" I can walk into my backyard and find food if TSHTF. Let's see how far their elitist mentality carries them in their concrete jungles.

Don't know about where you live...but morels will be poking their heads up pretty soon in my neck of the woods.

 

[satrebil]

...or beans, cuz a meat shortage may be coming to a metropolis near you.

America could be 'perilously close' to meat shortages as slaughterhouses shut down and hundreds of workers test positive for COVID-19

A Smithfield Food plant that supplies up to 5% of the pork in the US closed indefinitely after 293 workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

Lucky for us in those pesky red rural flyover states you love to demean and look down on...we still hunt and retain a working knowledge of how to process our own meat, so a processing plant shut down only means the inconvenience of a trip to the source...it's only a few miles away....and loading up the pickup. Ever scalded a hog? Didn't think so.

Sorry urban elites. You can just splash some A1 on your liberal arts degree .

---------
Ok...that was fun...but in all seriousness...you can easily live without meat. Beans are great and dried they last a long time...so don't panic. Things will be back to normal soon.

Plus, rat might not be that bad...

Funny isn't it? For all the shade they throw at us "flyover states" I can walk into my backyard and find food if TSHTF. Let's see how far their elitist mentality carries them in their concrete jungles.

Don't know about where you live...but morels will be poking their heads up pretty soon in my neck of the woods.

Upper Midwest.

Pretty soon we'll be laden with wild turkeys, ducks, and geese. Possum and coon as well - I don't typically eat these but if push came to shove there's plenty around. I can sit on my back deck and pick off all kinds of critters

 

[Camp]

We eat small portions of meat maybe twice a week at my house. Usually in the form of a meat ravioli or ingredient in soup or stew. Meat eaters are not excited about our soups and stews. Very small amounts of meat.

Honestly that's likely the healthiest course if current nutritional health science is accurate.

I do enjoy going to a bar-b-que one, two, or three times during summer, usually Memorial Day and July 4, and maybe labor day. I had a medium size Ribeye served to me at friends recently and could only eat half of it. First streak in probably two years. I can wait for another two.