Porcupine Catch, Clean Cook

We first catch a porcupine, then we prepare it for cooking by removing the quills and scorching the rest over an open fire. After that we dig up the dirt to make a primitive hangi which is filled in with white hot rocks and coals. Become part of MY TRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuoSzo6nnDLKOiZ_rXHE6Gw/join Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_wooded_beardsman/ This is part of a series called "CAVEMAN! (Savage Eating):" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDg2Qmw9pKienMQhMkFsVuhZG6giMePU3 FULL SKINNING and GUTTING: https://youtu.be/f8KlyS7rPic The porcupine is wrapped in burdock and cattail stalks before being dropped into the pit, covered with dirt and left to steam overnight. The next morning we exhume the porcupine for eating and prepare some corn meal bread made from low grade field or cow corn that is parched then ground in a primitive wooden mortar and pestle. To this we add blueberries, fresh collected raspberries, and a couple of eggs. This is then cooked in a dutch oven on the fire. In order to protect his dog, Adam takes the porcupine. It is well known that porcupine and dogs don t mix where porcupine will put quills into the muzzle of the dog which is very painful. Porcupine are very plentiful up North and sadly, because they have so little food, they often end up dead by the side of the road as they try to find new trees to eat. Reducing their numbers means that fewer will end up wasted on the road. They also make great table fair and are eaten around the world! In this epic episode Jeremy and I prepare a porcupine in a very traditional way. Learn how to pluck, singe and scrape off the quills and hair. We then examine how to cook using a primitive earth oven by covering it with white hot hot rocks and coals and cover overnight with dirt to steam and bake. This entire series is about catch n cook! Watch and find out how well it cooked and whether this traditional famine food is palatable. We discuss porcupine as a "survival food" and how it was traditionally used. Also on the menu is crushed cow corn in a traditional mortar and pestle combined with egg and fresh strawberries and blueberries with farmed raised pork fat, cooked over fire as a corn meal. Thanks to Adam Craig Outdoors for supplying us with a porcupine, filming it, and then letting me use the footage! VISIT ADAM CRAIG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuZwrIkADWzF-2CMmoRScZw VISIT JEREMY: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7HUXYD7Ua6zPR384d1ETg/feed Other Catch N Cook In This Series: Catch n Cook Snowshoe Hare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIg8LEeFeA&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=3 Catch n Cook Beaver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwGLPtcjJU&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=14 Catch n Cook Native Trout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbMr3F2J6uU&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=13 Catch n Cook Winter Trout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238zfcixXwc&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=12 Catch n Cook Handline Fishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHxLpioH5uI&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=11 Catch n Cook Wild Foraged Lunch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ47bkadS2k&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=7 Catch n Cook Duck and Grouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aqwymmU7o&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=5 Catch n Cook Duck and Grouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-x6Ga586Qw&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=4 Catch n Cook Trout Over Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lxy5sFFA88&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=2 Catch n Cook Mystery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WGJujzPyaY&list=PLDg2Qmw9pKidQTwo3tX1ymww_RQ6DogvN&index=1 SnowShoe Hare Catch n Cook: https://youtu.be/TCKszGFs9LY Catch n Cook SnowShoe Hare: https://youtu.be/TCKszGFs9LY Catch n Cook Pike: https://youtu.be/BsBqWxIpJrw Catch n Cook Raccoon: https://youtu.be/kXoHu30mfTc #survival #bushcraft #wildfoods Use code "WoodBeard" to get 10% off ASAT Camo: www.asatcamo.com Merch (t-shirts): https://teespring.com/stores/the-wooded-beardsman