1. Survival Food

2. Food Sources Small Game Insects Reptiles Fish Plants

3. Small Game Advantages More abundant Easier to prepare Can be easier to catch

4. Small Game Cut hide around body Insert 2 fingers under hide on both sides of cut and pull apart Remove entrails including chest cavity

5. Insects One of the most abundant life- forms on earth Easily caught 65-80% protein Beef 20%

6. Insects Avoid – Sting, bite, hairy, brightly colored, or bad odor Ticks, flies, mosquitoes (Disease carriers) Hard shelled ones may contain parasites, cook before eating Avoid toads

7. Insects Can be found under logs, dark, wet places Place worms in water; they will clean themselves

8. Reptiles Can eat raw May contain parasites Do not have same blood disease because cold blooded

9. Fish Nets, baited line, or traps Provide good protein and fat content

10. Fish Sunken eyes, peculiar odor or color, dents stay in flesh after poking, slimy, or sharp/peppery/m etallic taste Diarrhea, nausea, cramps, vomiting, itching, paralysis, and others

11. Fish Prepare as soon as possible Boil or cook over fire Wrap in clay balls and place in fire, once clay hardens, fish done

13. Snake Avoid poisonous because of risk Cut off and bury head Slit skin 15-20cm down and peel off Cut into small sections to roast or boil

14. Birds Pluck feathers Can remove skin but this removes nutrition Boil scavenger birds for at least 20minutes to kill parasites

15. Preservation

16. Smoking Meat Preserves meat Use 3 poles to create teepee or create a pit Create racks to drape meat across Slices no thicker than 6cm and not touching

17. Smoking Meat Use only hardwoods that are somewhat green (soak in water if needed) Overnight = 1 week 2 days continuous = 2-4 weeks

18. Drying meat Cut 6mm slices with grain Hang on rack in sunny location with good airflow Dry, crisp texture that does not feel cool

19. Salting Soak in salt water Cover with salt and brush off before eating

20. Plants Must avoid accidental poisoning!! Avoid plants near roadways Avoid fruit that looks to be spoiled, may contain fungus Avoid almond scent –cyanide

21. Tannins Cause biter taste Washing in several baths of boiling water, eliminates Place in flowing stream

22. Mushrooms Just say no!

23. Universal Edibility Test

25. Avoid Milky or discolored sap Beans, bulbs, seeds inside pods Bitter/soapy taste Spines, hairs, or thorns Dill, carrot, parsnip foliage Three leaved growth