GUEST ARTICLE
Yes, yes, yet another guest article to take the place of my regular article today as I bask in the sunny beaches of paradise ( okay, I'm still in cloudy North Nevada ). Just the two, I'll have articles from the Bison Compound tomorrow.
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So you have your stockpile of dried grains and beans and now it is a year after the
apocalypse and you are ready to take your .22 and stick it up to your head because you
can't freakin stand another bowel of beans and gruel. There is no game to be found as
every schmuck in the 'burbs had gone out and gut shot the deer when they ran out of
cheerios and then couldn't find the animal after it ran off.
A little meat would sure help with meal drudgery and give you extra energy for that bike
ride to go get water. But your survival compound didn't have room for sheep. What can you
cheaply do right now to prepare for this situation?
Guinea pigs.
In Central and South America as well as some Caribbean Islands, Guineas are a staple
source of protein. Even in apartments there can be found a box kept under the bed full
of the little critters.
Some of the only safe street food that you can find is in a wire box on a cart. You pick
the one you want and they fry it up right there for you.
Yes you could raise rabbits. I've raised both and feel that the Guinea is easier. Less
prone to heat stress, less likely to get mean with crowded conditions, and more body fat
than a rabbit. (And fat is important to survive)
Being rodents, they breed like crazy. Giving you a ready supply. They can eat any green
stuff you can provide them, including sprouts of any sort. They take up much less space
than rabbits do, and if you have elderly family members or children in your group they
make a good "cuddle pet" to help them deal with the anguish of the sudden
destruction of society.
(BTW, don't eat the cuddle pet.)
Cousin Jim might want to consider getting himself a few to help augment all that wheat he
has socked away. They are cheap, require little more than a protected box to live in,
poop out pellets which are easy to clean up, and rather tasty to boot.
Guinea, the other white meat.
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15 comments:
Guinea pigs and rabbits also are great because of their 'stealth'. Loud bellering cattle are a little tougher to hide from the neighbors.
That is certainly thinking outside the box originality. I could see things getting that desperate where this would be good advice on 'the other white meat'. Much appreciated for the post.
I've considered guinea pigs. They have a lot going for them. One of my younger sisters kept some, and they were indeed easy to keep - they stayed in a bedroom with 3 kids, I think most of the time under her bed!
They have no personality. Think of the animal you, if you're the average American, would least like to have to eat. Fido. Bowser. Man's Best Friend. This is because dogs have personalities. Dogs have laid their lives down for us, they are friends and comforters, defenders and guides. Guinea pigs are none of these. They have the personality of a stuffed teddy bear - that eats grass and shits. And comes in a neat little package just the right size, Nature's "Hungry Man" dinner. Or right for a family, over rice.
I need to find a South American restaurant and try one of the little buggers. Has the writer of this article done this?
It's not hard to gather enough grass/greens for them. I think they're more efficient than rabbits - rabbits often eat their own poop because they literally need to digest the grass twice to get enough nutrition out of it.
Good article. Short, sweet, and potentially very useful.
SemperFido can eat all the little green trix he wants but none of them will ever pass these lips lol
Yo Jimbo-
The weird line breaks on your guest articles makes them read like poetry.
I owned two guinea pigs for a few months once and was never tempted to eat their poop, so I can't vouch for it being tasty.
CF
"poop out pellets which are easy to clean up, and rather tasty to boot."
The pellets are rather tasty?
Yeah, I know, the author meant the Guinea Pigs, not the pellets, but I couldn't resist.
BTW, I would bet that the pellets are great fertilizer, or a great addition to a compost pile.
The only problem I see is that the things have so much hair, and that they are rodents. Of course, add hunger into the mix and these objections will be overcome. Thanks for the informative article.
What's the proper way to clean a guinea pig? Any commentators have instructions for cleaning one? I've seen a video on how to clean a rabbit but I never did it before. I could figure it out on my own but suggestions are welcome.
Sounds like a good meat source, feed them whatever weeds are growing around the compound. Too bad they don't lay eggs too but at least they are very quiet so as to not attract attention.
Why not domesticated rats?They breed even more prolifically than Guinea Pigs and can eat anything including dead looters/crackheads/zombies.
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Rats are actually fairly picky eaters. Also, I saw a youtube video where a guy just cleaned guinea pigs and splayed them right on a Foreman grill, bones and all. They cooked perfectly with little mess.
Seems rabbits are illegal to own in Australia due to being invasive species, so people use guinea pigs in lieu of rabbits on their homesteads there.
-MBP
Anon 3:17, cleaning out most 4 legged animals is pretty much the same process. Cut there belly from crotch to upper rib cage, remove internals as intact as possible, cut at anus, remove windpipe and food canal and you are done. I'm thinking with these little guys, you might try cutting these from top on one side of backbone, so that the carcass lays flatter on the grille or skillet. Quail are easier to cook like this, at least for me.
The 1st time I cleaned out a deer and looked for help from Uncle, he just said "Its just a big rabbit - thats all son.", which is pretty much the case. Though I too wonder what is easiest way to kill these little varmints - just brain the little guys?
In answer to some of your comments, first off, thanks for not flaming me. And yeah, I didn't mean eating the little green trix. But it is funny now that I see how it appears.
I have eaten Guinea. When I was in the Big Green Machine I had some leave coming and did a little sight seeing in Central America (Was in Panama for jungle survival school) The description of the wire box street food is from Honduras. You skin them just like you do a wabbit. Takes about a minute as you can just pull the skin right off like a sock. It actually isn't white meat, just liked the way that sounded. It is dark like rabbit but not as gamy. There are short haired varieties, in fact, it is the short hairs that they use for food. As far as rats go, yep you can eat those too. But you get more meat from a Guinea. I don't currently have any, but am intending on buying some very soon.
SemperFido
Can one pick up a breeding pair of short hairs at a pet shop? Will they have retarded babies from inbreeding or is it ok? Maybe I should get a few of them to keep as pets in separate cages until I need to farm them for meat being the landless farmer that I am.
A note to The fancily folicaled one and his loyal followers:
Having raised Cavies (as the brits call the guinea pigs) for many years I would like to point out that they do need some supplements, especally vitamin C which they need in the same porportion as humans in their diets, as long as they get fresh greens and fruit in their diet no problem, dried fruit or C supplements if fresh greens arent available is a must. Cavies are much more cold sensitive than most rabbit but work fine if brought indoors. Cavies are used for medical expirements because they can catch and transmit almost every illness that humans can (in a very simmilar way)- also note that there is some dispute about whether they are infact actual rodents or belong in their own genus- arguments can be made both ways. They prolificity only works if the sow has gotten pregnant before she is 6mo old, any older and their hips may fuse making them unable to give birth without injury.
Cavies are NOT quiet. Cavies are herd animals and have a pecking order that they can fight over noisily they also often greet feeding time with a choruse of whistles that can be quite peircing.
Finally I love the little tribles as pets (and have eaten one at a restraunt once, not great but ok)
But would note that one of my family has an actual severe allergy to them keeping us from having any, check for this before buying one.
- the grey yuppist camoflaged one
Not always.Albino lab rats raised on rat lab diet can be picky eaters,but when introduced into a colony (cage) of agouti(brown)&/or hooded rats that are regular meat eaters-they rapidly pick up a taste for it.They're like kids that way.I routinely feed them deer & squirrel tripe and they like it.Surprisingly,they don't like citrus fruits that well.
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