However, you do take a "hit" to the nutritional content of food when you cook it: the more you cook an item, the less nutritional content it retains. Not mentioning the fact that many "wild foragables" (plants and things) either require or become more palatable after cooking. My survival philosophy is "nothing gets wasted", and that includes possibilities. When I am out in the woods, as soon as I have a fire going, I tend to put something on it, even if it just a pot of water, to make things like hot herbal teas (makes water safe and tasty to drink), boil berries down into syrup, or throw some granola bars into there to make oatmeal. Hot food is great for morale, tends to taste better (letting you eat "unpalatable" things, as well as a morale boost in and of itself), warms up your "core" faster and more effectively, and lets you digest consumed food faster and more efficiently. Eating cold cans of beans and spaghetti should be the last resort, not the go-to option.įrom a purely survival standpoint, having the ability to cook your food is a godsend. Yes, cooking your food should be a priority.
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