Homemade Sausage Making

I have often stated that in my opinion humans discovered cooked meat in a burned forest and ate it in place of starving to death. Many subsistence groups drop a whole fresh kill into the fire, singe off the hair and let the rest cook.
I wonder how many animals were/are caught in these fires?

I've often wondered that myself. I work in the woods and I've seen where animals have been cooked by wildfires. This poor box turtle was actually incinerated though because I took the picture the day following the fire.



This fire was set by an arsonist that we actually caught in the act. You'll never guess how many months he got in prison after he destroyed $750,000 worth of timber. Not years but months. And when they let him out he was banned from the county but moved into the next county and shortly there after a rash of unexplained arsons occurred.





Knowing what I know now about the law I think it the arsonist would be laying beside the box turtle.

Sort of in the same category as livestock killing dogs. I have a rifle and a backhoe.

There is a difference though. I don't ever enjoy having to put a dog down.

The bad thing about arsonists is you have to catch them in the act. Actually lighting the fire. This POS set many before we caught him dead to rights. We were nieve though. We thought there would be some sort of punishment for doing what he did.

I have often stated that in my opinion humans discovered cooked meat in a burned forest and ate it in place of starving to death.

Ross ol' buddy, I didn't realize you were THAT old! What a memory!
We have often killed a porcupine and have cooked it simply by throwing it in a firebed of hot coals. Makes a wonderful dinner if you are careful where you cut with a sharp knife One must delicately carve the meat from the cooked carcass without disturbin' the "innards". However, you can't do this too often as the meat is full of vitamin A and a glutton can actually receive too much of it.

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Chuckwagon, Is that why woodchuck, aka ground hog, marmot, whistle pig, etc. is not on the preferred menu for hunters?

You guys have no manners. Least you could do is do this with an armadillo so you'd have a bowl to eat out of.

Ross, you asked:

Chuckwagon, Is that why woodchuck, aka ground hog, marmot, whistle pig, etc. is not on the preferred menu for hunters?

Yup , there are two types of A that we need - "preformed" and "provitamin A carotenoid". Preformed vitamin A is found in foods from animal sources, including dairy products, fish, and meat (especially liver). The stuff from plants is by far the most important provitamin A carotenoid called "beta-carotene". Other provitamin A carotenoids are "alpha-carotene" and "beta-cryptoxanthin". The body converts these plant pigments into vitamin A. When you roast a "critter" over a campfire, you`re getting it straight from the animal source and your ol` body doesn`t have to bother converting it. However, you do have to remember to crunch a carrot with your porcupine so you get your beta-carotene!

Hey Butterbean, I've never tried to eat an armadillo. Do y'all rope those critters?

ssorllih wrote:Chuckwagon, Is that why woodchuck, aka ground hog, marmot, whistle pig, etc. is not on the preferred menu for hunters?

I had to look up what a whistle pig was, made me laugh. I'd think they're not on the menu because they look a little too much like rats, and homey don't eat no rats. RAY

I used to shoot them for sport. My cat loved the liver.