The oddest camp meal you've ever had?

[Blizzard of '93]

rattlesnake simmered with wild mushrooms and other wild veggys. prepared by a cherokee woman and friends I met near - where else but rattlesnake mountain near the WNC section of the AT.
9 rattles, pecked it in the noggin with my staff.
a black rattler, eastern timber rattler.
she simmered it until the flesh came free of the bones then added it to the simmering veggys.
considering I was facing a can of sardines, peanut butter and crackers as alternative supper it was quite good.
I've since eaten it rolled in meal and fried, good.

 

[Black Hand]

After the last time I ate roasted rattlesnake, I was determined to make soup of snakes next time. I am happy to hear this may be a viable option. Snake is so lean that the vegetables will likely provide most of the flavor.

 

[Silky921]

Snake is on my bucket list. Mostly just to say I had it.

 

[Black Hand]

I'm still looking to try beaver and porcupine. Muskrat was excellent.

 

[B.Habermehl]

My most unusual considering I live in Pa. Is alligator tail. Just plain tasty, really mild, and it takes on the flavors and spices you cook it with. Second is moose due to the fact that it has to come from as far away as gator. Both as fine a meal as I've had. BJH

 

[Blizzard of '93]

not the oddest but none the less unusual was opossum my jack russel caught when I was on a hunting/camping trip at the southern end of the smoky mtn park area. small game/grouse hunt. there is a large stand of persimmon trees there and evidently mr possum had been enjoying the mast, he sure was fat. very good roasted in a d.o. with sweet taters and onions well seasoned. the dog got little for his effort, just scraps mixed with left over cornbread.
I would pass on one that had been feeding on carrion though unless really desperate. the older, larger ones have a distinct foul odor to them.

 

[satx78247]

At the Cedar Creek Reenactment one year (at least 15 years ago) it had been raining like H for a week, it rained all the 3 days of the reenactment, so that starting a fire (much less cooking) was difficult.
On Saturday at Noon, we returned to our A/1/10th LA (PACSA) camp to find that we were having peanut butter & sardine sandwiches with left-over coffee & 4-day old doughnuts.
("GAG" is the correct description of that "camp meal.")

yours, satx

 

[gearheart]

Satx, Going hungry might have been a better option. :rotf:

 

[satx78247]

Actually, I ate a pair of stale doughnuts & some coffee, as I'm severely allergic to peanuts.
(Once I was off the property, I stopped at the 1st café that I saw & ate a "goodly pile" of cheeseburgers, fries & pie.)

yours, satx