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I grew up very poor, however we never went hungry. And yes we ate woodchuck, squirrel, raccoon, rabbit, venison, bear, moose, and a few others I probably didn't know about. And we didn't exactly follow the hunting seasons if the animal was available. But there was almost always some type of meat on the table along with home grown vegetables. Mom used to can everything from the garden. We used to have cows, pigs and chickens so plenty of milk, butter, cream, eggs and bacon. We did our own maple syrup and made lard for pie crusts. We never had any money but we did eat well and very little was wasted. Extras would be sold to buy sugar and flour and a few other staples. Did our own dried beans and apples. Had a big root cellar where lots of food was stored through the winter. We made pickles and grape juice and jellies and jams and cured the hams. And the good news is I remember how to do most of that stuff.