Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
primitivepathways.com Billy Berger shows how to prepare prickly pear cactus pads for food. Prickly pear was an important food for many prehistoric hunter/gatherers living in arid and semi-arid regions of the western U.S. From western Texas to the Four Corners region, prehistoric people relied on prickly pear pads, flowers, fruits and seeds for food. Some Indians in Arizona actually farmed prickly pear to ensure there would always be a consistent food source. Prickly pear have now been spread around the country and are planted as ornamentals...there are even prickly pear cactus growing in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Experience the flavors of prehistory by eating what ancient people ate thousands of years ago.
Prehistoric people were experts and survival, hunting, gathering, and living off what nature provided. Explore the ancient past and learn what it took for those people to survive.
Eating Acorns: youtube.com/watch?v=_SfE8ARZAuc&t=172s
Squirrel Hunting: youtube.com/watch?v=sm8egfM7WGc&t=530s
Hornets Killed with Flamethrower: youtube.com/watch?v=k2sC29_XR88&t=78s
Hornets Killed with Flamethrower 2: youtube.com/watch?v=zNYcU0I2NCM
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primitivepathways.com Billy Berger shows how to prepare prickly pear cactus pads for food. Prickly pear was an important food for many prehistoric hunter/gatherers living in arid and semi-arid regions of the western U.S. From western Texas to the Four Corners region, prehistoric people relied on prickly pear pads, flowers, fruits and seeds for food. Some Indians in Arizona actually farmed prickly pear to ensure there would always be a consistent food source. Prickly pear have now been spread around the country and are planted as ornamentals...there are even prickly pear cactus growing in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Experience the flavors of prehistory by eating what ancient people ate thousands of years ago.
Prehistoric people were experts and survival, hunting, gathering, and living off what nature provided. Explore the ancient past and learn what it took for those people to survive.
Eating Acorns: youtube.com/watch?v=_SfE8ARZAuc&t=172s
Squirrel Hunting: youtube.com/watch?v=sm8egfM7WGc&t=530s
Hornets Killed with Flamethrower: youtube.com/watch?v=k2sC29_XR88&t=78s
Hornets Killed with Flamethrower 2: youtube.com/watch?v=zNYcU0I2NCM
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