Alright, this is one thing I never see in these guides. The proper cooking of whatever food you may have is important to your survival in a zombie infested world.

Ok, so you find yourself some food, be it still frozen by some stroke of luck, packaged, and/or canned. You have the implements to deal with it (can opener, a cooking surface/fire, and pot or other container), but then you eff up by burning it or under-cooking it. Now, no one is willing to eat it or people will get sick from it, neither of which are very favorable to survival. The best option is to either find some one who can do the cooking, or to learn to do the cooking yourself.

Remember, just gathering food and weapons won't help you through this, but grab other things like cook books, wilderness survival guides, books on edible plants. Knowledge will keep you alive as well as any weapon (though it is MUCH better to have both!). So learning to cook is a good way to stay alive, and also a good way to make sure you can do something usefull other than just being another mouth to feed and an ass to watch.

Even if YOU know how to cook, it's also a good idea to teach others how to cook in case something happens to you. Maybe even teach more than one person, just make sure they know what they're doing because you don't want to go wasting resources if one of your students makes a mistake.

I hope to add more to this page later, such as links and pictures, and even make another section on edible plants, fungi, and other vegetation. Which ones are good and which ones are bad. If others have any input for this, by all means, fill this page up!

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First, you got to found protein and vitamin, canned good lack those,but first, to keep a good diet,
make sure:
its contains sodium (its vital)
its contain at least three color of fruit and vegetable
its contain all group of aliment

Never eat or drink food made for diet,often,sugar is changed for aspartam which is very bad for the health,
if you can, try to put in your plate: nuts or meat,milk or any things related,vegetable and keep fruit for dessert

green vegetable like broccoli help to protect from cancer,banana are useful to keep running endurance,


if you live near water and you have craw fish, try to capture them,to do so, cut the top of a plastic bottle and dig it in the sand of the water, craw fish fall in and can't get out, you can also try to catch pigeon, shoot them with a BB gun and they will be stun,worm are good source of protein,ant and termite too,you can simply make a fire and put a big pot on it, then you put all the worm with some jelly, remember that moral is very important,so keep high food quality, now dog food is made of real meat so it can be good.
If you thinks you can survive with can, is not true, making bread is easy, 500g of flour,350 ml of water, one Table spoon of magic powder and a normal spoon of sugar and salt,its very important to make your food

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http://www.attra.org/horticultural.html

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100198312&GT1=31036

http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsOther/UsefulPlants/Useful_Plants.html

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/quiz/quiz.php

there are just some basics but i would say try hunting before Z-day rolls around

artalgm take credit for your own idea's not by stealing mine

Renegade13:

This book has alot of survival techniques plus tons of ways to cook safely and get/prepare food in emergencies
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Marsden
All right; I am going to teach you how to cook Irish Stew! It is a hearty meal full of energy. It also contains no meat; so risk of infection from contaminated animals or meat is impossible. It also keeps you warm on cold nights

1. Gather any assortment of vegetables along with potatoes. No corn or fruits. (REMEMBER: TOMATOES ARE A FRUIT!)
2. Cut the potatoes into smaller pieces. Boil the potatoes in a pot for 15 minutes until they begin to soften.
3. After the 15 minutes add all other vegetables. (Make sure they are chopped)
4. After another 10 minutes add a small amount of guiness or any of the following; Port, Brandy, STRONG Red Wine. (Guiness is best; Red wine is worst)
5. Leave to simmer for a further 2 minutes.
6. Grab a spoon and enjoy!

Recommended vegetables are; Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, Sweet Potatoes and Cress (To put on top)

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zurvivor
As access to an oven might be limited while on the run, I'm adding stick bread and pan bread.

Stick bread:
2,5 dl (approx 1 cup) flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
0.5 teaspoon salt
1 dl (approx 0.5 cup) water

Mix all dry ingredients and add water. Knead the dough. If it feels sticky or loose, add more flour. Take a piece and roll it into a "snake". Wrap around a stick (or a hot dog on a stick) and grill over open fire.

Pan bread
5 dl (approx two cups) wheat flour (other kinds might also work fine)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1.5 teaspoon salt
2 dl (approx 1 cup) of water
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Mix all dry ingredients. Add water and cooking oil. Knead and divide into 6-8 pieces. Flatten the pieces and fry them in a pan about 4-5 minutes on each side until it has a nice color (more golden brown than white or black).