It tastes great - 'cos it's all I've got

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My wife's just been flicking around channels on the TV and she stopped on Ray Mears doing some survival cooking. I'm sat next to her with my notebook on my lap.

He had something that looked like gray goo in a tin over his fire.

He took a taste and said something like, "that tastes great. the fungi have imparted a wonderful range of flavours."

I'm thinking, "Hmmm... really?"

Ray continues, "Of course, you have to adjust your expectations in some situations."

In other words, "It tastes great because it's all I have."

I really liked that philosophy, and just thought I would share it.
 
excellent philosophy :thumbup:

when you can't make it better, don't complain...make the best of it :cool:

thanks for sharing
 
Actually, usually when I'm out in the bush as long as its warm and not bitter its good! Hell, even its bitter but at least warm then it is still good. I can't tell you how many times I actually relished spam in the outdoors. I'd never eat that stuff at home. Likewise, chomping on milkbones on hikes. Pisses off the dogs, but they are great and they keep your teeth clean too!
 
crocidile dundee says somthing to the effect "It tastes horrible, but you can live off of it". kinda goes with yours.
 
I used that philosophy a lot the first year of our marriage with my wife cooking:) Luckily, things have improved a lot.
 
There's an old adage something along the lines of "Hunger is the best spice." Oh, and I like "Spam" too.
 
You have to forget anything you've tasted while in a suvival situation, and the next thing you taste should be the worst thing you tasted. That way everything else will always taste better than that.
 
So when Bear was squeezing water out of elephant poop, he was just establishing a lower baseline for flavor?
 
I carry quite a few little "flavor packs" of vacuum sealed spices and salt in my kit. NOTHING helps the flavor of bush meat, roots and herbs like a little spice and salt. My granny used to say you could cook and old shoe with enough grease, salt and spices and it would be eatable. :D
 
riddleofsteel said:
My granny used to say you could cook and old shoe with enough grease, salt and spices and it would be eatable. :D
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Bread it. Deep fry it in lard and I'd give it a go. :p

I'm not a Spam fan either. If given a choice between fried Spam (sliced thin and blackened slightly - the only way I can stand it) and some of the MRE's I've tried, I'd probably take the spam. Otherwise, it can stay on the grocers shelf for another 20 years.

The only canned meat I really like is Corned Beef Hash. Almost dog food but FDA approved for human consumption.
 
riddleofsteel said:
I carry quite a few little "flavor packs" of vacuum sealed spices and salt in my kit. NOTHING helps the flavor of bush meat, roots and herbs like a little spice and salt. My granny used to say you could cook and old shoe with enough grease, salt and spices and it would be eatable. :D
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Yum!
 
kgd said:
ALikewise, chomping on milkbones on hikes. Pisses off the dogs, but they are great and they keep your teeth clean too!
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Good gravy, that's gross. :barf: Oh wait, that's Alpo that makes its own gravy :cool:

Sidenote: I canvassed for a political party last summer/fall... yes, I was one of those annoying bastards who knocked on your door asking who you'd vote for and why... anyhoo I got bitten by dogs so often (3X) all my friends started calling me MilkBone :grumpy:

Spam is just wrong. Kippered fish is yummy and the empty tins could be useful for... something, I'm sure. Those foil packages of tuna and salmon can be found cheap sometimes, one of my favorite outdoors-type foods.

Salt pepper and Tabasco are ESSENTIAL! Not just in the boonies but in life in general.
 
Sago is an interesting one. It's like they beat it and wash it and beat is some more 'till only the snot is left. Perhaps it is different as a dried commercial product but as that crude starch in a bowl...
 
I have never been a picky eater, growing up you ate what was on the table and fast food wasnt an option. Thank god mom could cook but sometimes it was the same thing couple days a week. I learned to just eat whats infront of me and when out in the woods I think I dont have a problem eating whatever cuz of this.

I have been so hungry that just any food tastes great, and I am sure some of you here know what i mean.
 
Always got time for Ray and his no nonsense, get on with it attitude. I remember that episode, I watched it next to my gf and she was groaning and making all the usual remarks about how she would never eat this or that and how it probably tastes like vomit or mud.
 
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