Modern Day Hunters & Gatherers
I’m preparing for a family vacation and I realize there’s a new way to do hunting & gathering. During this vacation I’m going to have to find very specific items BUT mainly it will be playing defense to avoid stuff I don’t want to gather. Poison berries you might say.
What a strange thing to explain to a real hunter gatherer from history. Their plight was never finding enough, sometimes fasting for a day or days, but anything edible was fine.
Cut to 2022 where so much edible food is available but poisonous. And millions of your fellow humans are just accepting the poison food and dealing with the side affects of the poison.
I’m bringing a big supply of kachava and have been practicing fasting. I’ll hunt for non processed fruits or vegetables, maybe some plain oatmeal or rice, nuts are good. But activity after activity I’ve got to be present and available for what our group is up to without any diet drama. “Andrew can’t eat…” should never be said by anyone on this trip.
The modern hunter and gatherer doesn’t make anyone else feel weird about dinners or ruin any fun. Instead he or she graciously turns down item after item of poison without calling it that. “No thank you that’s not my favorite” is all you need to say, then without anyone noticing get the conversation back on something other than what you are not eating or drinking.
Fellow MDHGs unite! Eat the good berries this summer vacation season. Don’t eat the poison ones. And don’t ruin the vacation for anyone else.