Subsistence thread

[SeanKroll]

Blueberry and blackberries are in season.
At the end of my road is a long abandoned commercial blueberry farm. Free picking. I've been clearing overgrowth over the last couple years, improving access. More of that post- harvest season. It's a flooded bog in the wet season.

 

[stikine]

Time to get some shrimp put up for the year. Not a bad haul for the first pick. Just under 10 gallons.

 

[cory]

It would seem you rarely set foot in a grocery store!

 

[stig]

Before going walkabout I told my neighbour to buy a lot of cashews, parmesan cheese and garlic.
Then I cut all the basil and delivered the whole 10 pds to her.
So they'll have a lot of pesto in the freezer for winter.

 

[stikine]

We had a good haul of coonstripe and spot prawns today... around 12 gallons whole. Including some lunker spots!

 

[Dave Shepard]

I'd like to have been there the first time someone decided that might be food.

* Desperate AF.
* I'll give you two arrowheads and this shiny pebble if you eat that!
* You lost the bet, now you have to eat this!
* C'mon, I bet it tastes just like chicken!
* Dude! You have no idea how drunk you were last night! You ate three of those crawly things out of the river!

 

[stikine]

Some more tails from yesterday.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Hackery Butchery...

 

[stikine]

Nice to have a lift. Is that a goat?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Bull calf.

 

[cory]

Lordy!

 

[stikine]

On the way to our shrimp grounds.


Not a bad haul but it's slimming down. We'll pull the gear on the next check.

 

[cory]

How bout get a picture for da House of a nice cold dunk in those absolutely beautiful waters!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Rob bought a chest freezer that adjusts from like +45 to sub freezing. Made a set of hooks and hanging set up. Meat aging before further processing and portioning.

 

[stikine]

How bout get a picture for da House of a nice cold dunk in those absolutely beautiful waters!

This works.

 

[stikine]

Okay, last check for the year and we'll switch to moose season shortly. Pulled the gear today and ended up with 10 gallons...sort of our normal.

 

[stikine]

Just got back from the river for a moose hunt... no moose were harmed but we had some great weather and relaxing. I will have to make more of an effort to get a deer or two I guess now. Here's a few videos of the landscape we hunt in.

 

[stikine]

A still from cabin.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Portioned in two freezers.

 

[treebogan]

My Daughter with one of this years Reindyr heads.
I asked her today what she wanted to do next time she stayed over?
" Shoot a Bear" she replied

 

[flushcut]

Pasta sauce!

 

[stig]

Right on!
I freeze about 30 quarts of that every year.
When winter is on and the wolf is howling at the door, it is like opening a bag of summer sunshine.

 

[flushcut]

We got the tomatoes from a friend of my moms, all heirloom varieties, very low acid. I had to spoon it over a baguette with some fresh basil, buffalo mozzarella, and a splash of olive oil. Soooo tasty!

 

[Nutball]

My Daughter with one of this years Reindyr heads.
I asked her today what she wanted to do next time she stayed over?
" Shoot a Bear" she repliedView attachment 123706

Those antlers look designed to grab and not let go

 

[treebogan]

First batch of wild mushrooms dried and in jars.
They taste really nice in stews and sauces, omelette too.

I might go back up there this weekend sometime.