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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
