Since then I’ve traveled extensively and have tried dragonfly curry, pickled eel, stuffed bull’s testicles, fried earthworms, boiled termites, grilled scorpions and all sorts of other local foods that people have been kind enough to want to share with me. Others often refused without even tasting. To me it is sad and small that anyone could be so judgmental without even consulting the evidence. I have eaten well, enjoyed the vast majority of everything I’ve tasted, and have never health problems due to my adventurous tastebuds.

Variety is the spice and the substance of life. There are studies suggesting the more varied a child’s diet, the less prone to become obese and to suffer food allergies and other health problems as an adult.

Consider too that there is no universally acceptable meat. While most Americans can’t get enough hotdogs and hamburgers, an Orthodox Jew would find the pork disgusting and taboo, while a devout Hindu would find beef to be so. Many vegans and vegetarians around the world are repulsed by all meat. There is certainly no consistancy as to why one species is an acceptable food while another is a pet, or is deified or otherwise exalted, or is treated as vermin. Personally I have found that just about anything alive can be tasty and nutritious so long as it is prepared well and shared with good company.

How’s the taste? I’m kinda grossed out thinking about eating squirrels and possum, but damn, if SHTF and my family is hungry, I’ll stop at nothing to feed them. Come to think of it, it’s not so much the eating part that grosses me out, but the skinning, gutting, etc before it looks like food instead of a dead rodent.

What else can I eat that are not traditionally game animals like deer, turkey, rabbit, etc?

Can I eat Raccoons? Skunk? Someone mentioned rabies.. What if a dead animal has it and I cook it and eat it.. My guess is that cooking would kill the virus and transfer only occurs from poor handling/hygene.