Go West 503 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Thanks for sharing. I was thinking the meal around the campfire in Blazing Saddles was pretty common among the cowboys of the day. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 29,652 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Other than skunk there wasn't anything weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 8,494 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Rabbit "poisoning"?? That's called "rabbit fever". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 29,652 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 17 minutes ago, Alpo said: Rabbit "poisoning"?? That's called "rabbit fever". Nope, "poisoning." Also called "protein poisoning." From a diet too high in protein and too low in fats and carbs. "Rabbit fever" is a disease caused by Francisella tularensis. 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 31,432 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Well, I ever get transported back in time I plan to not ask what I am eating and thank the cook with a smile. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 29,652 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I liked how he went on about the calves foot jelly, and the comment about Jell-o not being around. Wonder where he thinks the "jell" in Jell-O comes from. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 8,494 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Nope, "poisoning." Also called "protein poisoning." From a diet too high in protein and too low in fats and carbs. "Rabbit fever" is a disease caused by Francisella tularensis. You're right - my brain is not working this morning Not rabbit fever. Rabbit starvation. I still ain't never heard of rabbit poisoning. Except when you're trying to keep him out of the garden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 29,652 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Alpo said: You're right - my brain is not working this morning Not rabbit fever. Rabbit starvation. I still ain't never heard of rabbit poisoning. Except when you're trying to keep him out of the garden. It goes by about half a dozen names. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Singin' Sue 71615 1,949 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Shanley knew a guy who ate nothing but wild game he got. Healthy , but skinny. He went in for a check up, and Dr. prescribed that he had, HAD to take in some FAT!!! His body fat was at 3%!!! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 8,494 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: It goes by about half a dozen names. Most likely. Just about everything else does. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeaconKC 2,692 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 (edited) Edited April 1 by DeaconKC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watab kid 1,382 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 as a kid i was warned of tularemia and trichinosis with regard to what we might hunt/harvest , it was not an idle concern in my family as we often ate wild game , 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozark Huckleberry 1,109 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Funny thing is there's people who don't think twice about eating a hot dog would watch the video and think, 'Eww.' 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L 1,146 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 My grandmother once told me, when she was a girl, they made flour out of the mesquite beans, that grew on the mesquite trees. My grandmother also liked to eat clabber. I saw her eat that a many a time. No thank you!!! The video forgot to mention frog legs, but, like as not, in a lot of the places the cowboys worked, there may have not been a lot of ponds, or lakes, around for frog legs....or crawfish, either, for that matter. Just because those old cowboys may have smelled like a skunk, doesn't mean they had to eat one. I'd vote for a liberal socialist democrat, before I'd eat a skunk! I may be wrong, but I don't believe a skunk has a split hoof, or chews a cud. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Brules 1,926 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Rabbit poisoning = (more or less) the Atkins Diet CatBrules 14086 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joke 'um 1,233 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Compliments to all for not mentioning the Donner party. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noz 2,020 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/1/2021 at 10:18 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Well, I ever get transported back in time I plan to not ask what I am eating and thank the cook with a smile. I have gotten my fanny warmed several time for not thanking my Mother for a meal. Simply was not done. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Coffinmaker 3,775 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Donner Party?? Yep. I was just about to suggest, sometimes they were known to eat "other" pioneers. Yum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smuteye John SASS#24774 3,440 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2021 at 6:09 AM, Ozark Huckleberry said: Funny thing is there's people who don't think twice about eating a hot dog would watch the video and think, 'Eww.' Or Vienna Sausages, potted meat, souse, scrapple,.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Singin' Sue 71615 1,949 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Not 'old West'...but back in the day. Papaw was born in a Tenessee Holler. Once they moved to Waxahachie, Tx...he still liked squirell hunting. During the Depression, momma said there was always meat on the table. (Something she kept true in our upbringing) Rabbit and Squirell were easy game. I still cringe when I recall her saying she and her two brothers fought over the squirell's head!!! More meat and the brain was sweet!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 31,432 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 18 hours ago, Cat Brules said: Rabbit poisoning = (more or less) the Atkins Diet CatBrules 14086 That’s funny! Yep, people pay extra to lose weight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 31,432 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 20 minutes ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said: More meat and the brain was sweet!!! I draw a line at organs and brains. No brains for me... Wait... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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