Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Fish jerky isn't bad depending on the seasoning, doesn't have the same texture though. Learn about cold smoking and how to make a crude setup for it. It's real easy to do you just have to tend the fire and keep it going at a fairly steady temp. Also learn to use your hands as a crude temp gauge, it doesn't have to be exact just somewhat consistent and once you get it down it's a breeze.
I was thinking of trying out the Good Eats cardboard box smoker, but I think that uses an electric hot plate to heat up hardwood sawdust and generate the smoke. I imagine electricity is hard to come by in the woods. My camp stove will probably work, that is until I set the box on fire or run out of propane.
I think I need to find a book along the lines of "Surviving When the SHTF for Dummies."