"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
> In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> animal for food?
>
> Frogs? Fish? Rabbits? Deer? Etc.?
>
> How many people really know where food comes from (other than grossery
> stores) so could survive off of the land?
>
> How many people can hunt and gather like our ancestors did for thousands
> of years?
>
> This would make a really cool survey. :-)
>
> I'd guestimate less than 25%, at least in American cities.
> I've personally known humans that could not change a light bulb, plunge
> a toilet, or roast a ham steak. (I kid you not!)
>
> Dad is watching me type this and laughing, saying that I'm being
> generous in my estimate...

I know where food comes from. I have a garden and as a kid I used to go
around the yard picking dandelions for soup. I collect old cookbooks so I
have the instructions for dressing my own critters. Not that I would want
to do it. I'd rather open a can of something than have to do that. I
wouldn't have done too well in the old days.