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Needed to practice something for a bushcraft course in May; that's involving sea shore foraging.
Limpets; pretty tasty; usually cooked in hot water, like mussels. But without a pan; what can you do?
1. Heat a stone on a small fire (which also sterilises the stone).
2. Place limpets onto the stone.
3. Drag some hot embers over the top.
4. Leave roast for 4-10 mins, depending...
5. Clear the embers and eat off the stone.
In this case I overcooked them slightly, but still really good 🙂
While mussels are delicious, and we do eat them, limpets can be safer to eat; as they don't filter feed-they graze like a cow; so collect less potential toxins.
Limpets are high protein, have omega 3 fatty acids, and vitamin b12, among other things.
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Most recently the impact of a couple days of fuel shortages, and probably a further knock-on effect from this week.
It can be worth asking yourself; how organised and prepared are you to survive simply and comfortably, off grid; for example with no electricity, or no working vehicle; for a week/a fortnight/a month?
Being prepped for off grid living can be a complex and daunting subject. However at a basic level, you could consider one of these things.
1. Have a fortnight of bottled drinking water and non perishable food stocked up. Food can be as simple as pasta/rice/flour/oats, tomato sauce in glass, long shelf life tinned meat such as spam/tuna.
2. Have a simple gas camping stove, with adequate gas supply. Cook a meal on it once a week regardless, so you are comfortable using it. I spent a full year recently cooking every dinner on the small stove in photo 1. It's not that difficult to eat well and healthily with one-pot-meals 🙂
For example, did you know you can cook simple and tasty bread and scones, in a pan?
Don't just wait for the emergency to happen, before tackling the stove.
Yes - as the number of people you're cooking for increases, so does the level of work, but there are things like - pasta/potatoes can cook in their own hot water, sitting on the counter, while the pan of bolognese cooks on the camping stove...
3. Get away from electricity, to some extent.
Photo 2: wood burning stove with a hot top for pans and an oven for baking.
Photo 3: if a wood burning stove is not an option, get a gas cooker, with a couple of gas bottles.
There is much more to prepping, but this can be a simple achievable start.
And really someone in your family unit/friend unit should be well versed in simple, but solid, bushcraft skills.
Some recent mountain training shots from the Caha Mountains, West Cork.
Over the coming weeks both a Mountain Skills 1 (map and compass skills) plus Lowland Leader Training are running.
For Details: info@outdoorsireland.com
www.outdoorsireland.com
www.mountaineering.ie
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Strap a basic watch/stopwatch to your shoulder strap, for the technique of timing.
And on the opposite shoulder strap have 10 toggles, on a cord, for the technique of pacing.
Over the next 2/3 weeks we have two separate Mountain Skills 2 Courses (one midweek, one weekend); and a Lowland Leader Training.
MS2 covers compass skills, night navigation, steep ground skills.
Lowland Leader Training covers the skills (inc some map reading) to lead and guide others on Irish/UK trails, paths, forests, beaches...
More Details: info@outdoorsireland.com
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