I love to cook! Here you will find some of my tried and tested wild food recipes, designed to feed a hungry man.
My philosophy is simple; the sooner men in general get back to hunting and fishing and the sooner women get back to cooking good food with the meat their men have brought home, then the sooner we will see families staying together and functioning as a united team, with everyone knowing their role; men are meant to hunt and fish to provide for their families and women are meant to nurture their families; its in our genetics!
Taking the time to have a meal togeather at the end of each day, at the dining table and without the television blaring, promotes open communication with your children. It is the simple things we have lost, for what ever reason, and in loosing them, our children are losing their way.
Aside from all our hunting and fishing, Dave and I also run an advocacy service, advocating for families going through the Family Court process. In our work with families we notice that young men in particular are less confident of what their role is in the world. If you have boys, teach them to hunt and fish; if you don't, there must be some around you who admire you. Be a role model and pass on what you know.
I am not a religious woman; I have no particular beliefs, other than that I believe in my family and I know why ours works.
The other day I was listening to a song on the radio; Pretty Amazing Grace by Neil Diamond. Listening to the lyrics caused me to consider whether I had added significant value to my husband’s life, and if so, what that value is.
Dave was outside cleaning 28 peacocks which he had hunted for the night before, so, knowing I had a captive audience, I went outside to see him. I asked him “What value have I added to your life over the last few years? What has been the most important thing I have brought to your life?” He looked at me with the ‘Bloody hell woman, have you nothing better to do’ look, and since that was not enough to deter me, he put the question back on me – “what do you think is the most important is thing you have done for me?” I went away to ponder this.
Later that day we had to drive to Tauranga and somewhere along the Matata Straights, after much contemplation it dawned on me the value I have added. I turned the music down and started explaining it to him; “I feel like I have celebrated your masculinity by encouraging you to hunt and fish to provide for our family. Every meal I cook for you is carefully prepared so you will know that work you have done in providing for it is appreciated. In a world that seems intent on forcing men into some sort of metro mold, you are given the support and freedom you deserve to be the man you are. I have respected you and your leadership of our family and in doing so, have helped you to know what a good man you are”… and so it went for a while. When I was done there was silence so I asked him if that was how he felt too; he said, “Yeah”.
As we continued down the road I asked him, “What is the most important thing you think you have brought to my life?” He immediately responded with “Meat!” I had just taken a bite from my sandwich as he said that and I nearly choked on it. “Meat?” I asked, after the choking fit subsided, “What about the fact that you have given me a family to love and care for; you have encouraged me to achieve my academic goals; you have taught me to hunt and fish and you have inspired me to be the best I can be?”. “Yeah” he said, “meat covers all of that”.
