Food and Emergency Food

[Abbe Osram]

Hi guys,
just reading the Book "Food and Emergency Food in the circumpolar area".
by Kerstin Eidlitz

I was surprised to read that people where eating the Larvae of the reindeer fly and reindeer droppings, they are supposed to have nutritional value.....
(snip)....Similarly, the people who ate reindeer droppings and the contents of ptarmigan entrails presumably obtained a supply of vitamin B 12....(snip) quote end.

One can use them too dried and mixed into bread.... LOL so watch out guys if I offer you a home made bread when you come up here. I like to test new stuff on other people before I try them myself.

cheers
Abbe

 

[BorderReiver]

Not for me thanks.I am not at all fussy about my food but I draw the line at that.

Mind you,if that was all there was,I would manage to eat it.

Have fun experimenting Abbe.

 

[gregorach]

Well, if it's that or reindeer moss...

 

[EdS]

or pot noodle

 

[Abbe Osram]

Well, if it's that or reindeer moss...

moss, you can prepare and eat, thats no big deal but it is just that what you would not like to eat......I was surprised but cool to learn.

//Abbe

 

[jdlenton]

sounds delicious Abbe
arctic choc chip bread could be a big seller


James

 

[Abbe Osram]

sounds delicious Abbe
arctic choc chip bread could be a big seller


James

yes, I could make some money finally! Collecting them, drying and fitting them in a nice paper bag. Maybe a own logo with a reindeerhead too.

Would you buy it from me, I put some up on my webpage then!?
Cheep to get too, we have hundereds of reindeers around my area!

ahh, yes a cool sticker saying 100 percent natural // no artifical content //
natural vitamin 12 !!!

cheers
Abbe

 

[jdlenton]

Go for it Abbe i wouldn't be one of your customers but there are people on the net who would buy it from you


I'll design your logo if you want

James

 

[BorderReiver]

yes, I could make some money finally! Collecting them, drying and fitting them in a nice paper bag. Maybe a own logo with a reindeerhead too.

Would you buy it from me, I put some up on my webpage then!
Cheep to get too, we have hundereds of reindeers around my area!

cheers
Abbe

Reindeer head. ?

 

[gregorach]

moss, you can prepare and eat, thats no big deal but it is just that what you would not like to eat......I was surprised but cool to learn.

//Abbe

Yeah, apparently the Telemark guys lived on it for months... Supposedly it's better if you take from inside a reindeers stomach though.

 

[Wayne]

Abbe is that book in english?

sounds an interesting read.

 

[BOD]

I know s**t about reindeer s**t but what could there be in it that an omnivore with a shortish (by comparison) intestine could digest that a herbivore was unable to ??

The fly larvae make perfect sense. POWs are advised to eat maggots for protein and vitamins.

In a couple of months I'm going to try the wichetty and bardygrubs of the outback staple fare for the aborigines. Good stuff I hear

 

[Ketchup]

Bod, in your area..

Isn't kopi luak an expensive brand of coffee that has first gone trough the intestine of a small catlike animal in Indonesia?

http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2002/09/13/Consumers/catcoffee_020913.html

 

[Abbe Osram]

Abbe is that book in english?

sounds an interesting read.

Yes, it exist in both english and swedish. If I am not mistaken then the woman was writing her doctor thesis in Uppsala Sweden, the book got translated into english.
I bought my book from a swedish antiquariat in Uppsala online, payed and send via internet. Should work for you too.

BUT

search the net for the best price before buying. Later I saw some very shocking price differences. Ranging from 30 dollars to over a 100 dollars so watch out and get the best price!!!

cheers
Abbe

 

[BOD]

Kopi Luwak it is but a bit further east than here - in Sulawesi and beyond.

You are well informed ketchup!

Amazing what people will buy. Never tried it myself. I'm sitting in a Starbucks in KL now - you've put me off my coffee

maybe I'll ask the staff if they have any