Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Omelet wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Where do you suppose is the nearest ground zero from where you
>>>>>> live, and what is the name of that place?
>>>>>
>>>>> Austin capitol, 35 miles.
>>>>> Possibly the military base in San Antonio which is even farther.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a chance of nuclear fallout but that would be world wide.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'd go ahead and take your cyanide pills.
>>>>> I'd take my chances. I know most of the local edible fauna and can
>>>>> trap, shoot and dress out wild game.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know dozens that would not have any idea how to do that.
>>>>
>>>> Have you never heard of nuclear winter? You wouldn't be able to
>>>> grow a damn thing for years. After the fallout (which is bad
>>>> enough) it's supposed to freeze over like an ice age. Guess that's
>>>> a Biblical prediction (don't get me started). You'd better start
>>>> canning and preserving now to have enough to eat when Hell freezes
>>>> over.
>>>>
>>> Would you lament if the human race was wiped off of the earth?
>>
>> In that event I wouldn't be here so I no, I wouldn't care. But
>> that's not the point. The point is you're asking about farming in
>> the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. You wouldn't be here unless
>> you were living in a bunker. So what's the point of your question???
>
> Did I mention farming?
>
> Not once. ;-)
>
> I was referring to understanding that food came from plants that grew
> in the dirt

Dirt + vegetables = farming

and animals that ran or flew around with feathers, fur,
> scales or slimy skin (in the case of frogs).
>
Frogs aside, yes, we all know animals run or fly around

> So, what percentage of modern, city dwelling humans understand and
> could deal with that?

I could. Would I want to, no. Could I? Yes. Ever watch the Colonial
House series put out by PBS? Or the 1900 house (by then they actually had
green grocers and butchers to shop from). Frontier House, they weren't so
lucky... they had to make everything from scratch, kill the chickens,
butcher the hog, raise goats... It can be done. I wouldn't want to but I
father still talks about picking dandylion greens for his mother to make
soup and digging up potatoes. And plucking chickens on the back porch after
chopping off their heads. (That was for a stewed chicken Sunday dinner.)

I still don't understand your nuclear holocaust reference at all. That
would radically change everything. I wouldn't eat anything that came out of
a nuclear holocaust unless I had canned food set aside (as well as water).

Jill