Primitive cuisine

[sleek]

So, today I had an idea. I talked to my wife and she doesnt seem too opposed either. One day a week ( probably sunday ) we will eat one meal that is intirely of stuff we did NOT buy at the store.
Everything in the meal will be gathered stuff. Fish, roots, wild onions, nuts, acorns, berries, starling birds ( taste like duck and legal all year in almost every state with either no limit or a very high one ), wild flowers, and when season comes, a garden will supply much as well.

The goal here is to eventually live as much as possiable indipendantly of the grocery store as we can, and I would like at least 2 days of the weak to be grocery free. This will be a good experinece in learning all the local edibles, serve to be allot of fun in gathering, and put my son and I outdoors more often.

I live in tulsa Oklahoma, and will post my meals on this thread, how they were cooked, and how they tasted. If, that is, anybody is interested?

[madcrow]

Post away, it sounds like fun.  It also sounds like something that I would never be able to talk my wife into.

[silverfox]

Sounds very cool to try, but I'm like Madcrow. I could never talk my girlfriend into it. She will eat fish from Lake Erie, but no "animals" killed hunting.

[Frawg]

Heck yea Sleek, Post up details so we can follow along. But like the two before me I doubt the little lady will join me in this. City girl not the easiest to convince that nature is great.
Matt

[PrimitiveTim]

Me and my dad just collected a bunch of britony(Stachys floridana) out of the yard and we're putting it in the fried rice.  Foraging can really be a lot of fun!  There are tons of wild greens in the spring and summer that you can gather as well.  I'm definitely interested in the details.  Do you have a lot of land to gather and hunt on?

[sleek]

I hunt public access land. I live in the city of Tulsa, so a lot of this will be urban type of stuff. I do frequent the country to hit river bottoms, lakes, and just generally to get out in the woods. As there will be of course a learning curve, I imagine the first few meals wont be too very interesting. Especially because its not spring yet. We will see though