The Complete Field Guide to Wild Boar Nuggs and Tactical Pocket Storage

I've had some luck throwing them into a large industrial grinder whole. Well, I actually remove the thyroid glands first because I'm trying to figure out to not die when society fully collapses, but that's totally different topic.

Think of the grinder as a large food processer. Eventually you'll get a paste which can then be pasteorized to be made safe. At which point you can add various seasonings, food colorings, and shape into whatever you want to make it more palatable. You can even inject with saline to make it appear more juicier. Don't use botox, though. You likely already have some in your meat slurry, adding more is just too much risk.

Making the Nuggs

Anyway, I personally like to add some spicy sriracha or a smoky chipotle flavor to make some spicy wild boar nuggets. They are small and calorie dense. Perfect trail food that fits nicely in your pockets. The more pockets you have, the more boar nuggs you can carry. You might have to deal with the occasional tooth or hoof shard, but that's why it's really important to not skimp on the grinder. Go to an auction and get something industrial. You can sometimes get near-free ones from the EPA when they auction off stuff they pull from superfund sites. Just bleach it and use some elbow grease. It will be fine.

Oh and to be clear, you're not limited to just wild boar nuggets. You can turn that paste into pretty much anything you can imagine. This is very similar to the process that @Sysco uses to make 75% of the items they sale to 95% of the restaurants in the US. Although they don't use wild boar, they use... Actually, that doesn't matter what they use. The point is that it's a tried and true approach that works.

Pocket Selection

I'm also a huge fan of cargo pants with lots of pockets. I'm very well acquainted with how many nuggets that pockets of various form factors and sizes can hold, in addition to their various advantages.

Patch Pockets

You have you typical patch pocket which are basically useless because they do not have much capacity and they will crush your nuggs. They are fine for short trips to the bathroom or maybe to take the trash out, but you don't want to venture out too far if all you have are patch pockets.

Zippered Patch Pockets

Next we have the patch pockets with zippers. These are pretty much the same except they can keep your nuggs fresher, but that's kind of a gimmick because you're not going to far with just patch pockets anyway. Right?

Cargo Pockets

Cargo pockets are good middle-tier pockets that have decent capacity and are loose enough to not crush your nugs even on long trips. Plus they have a top flap which can help keep the bugs out. Zipper ones are probably preferred over buttons, but zippers are more difficult to do field repairs on if they become worn. If you eat a lot of pocket nuggs, then you should keep this in mind. Maybe velcro?

Long-Term Nug Storage

The pocket for long-term storage of nuggs is the armored 3D/bellow pockets, though. These give you the most volume and protection for your nuggs. It's like bottomless breadsticks at olive garden but for nuggs.

Emergency Nuggs

Oh and don't rule out the utility of the coin pocket for emergency nuggs. These should be if you turn the nuggs into a hardtack by letting them get stale first. The police are not going to search your coin pocket for nuggs either. That's an added bonus.

Optimizing Nug Carrying Capacity

Despite all the talk about fitness and MAHA, in this particular situation the fatter you are the better of because that mean your pockets will be bigger. Bigger pockets mean means more trail nuggets. It's a balance you have to figure out. Sure, if you're 300lbs then you will have less stamina and you'll be slower, but you will have more nuggs. You gotta figure out what works best for your own situation. View post on X