Avoid putting holes in a hide by tanning hides with salt ... and such — plus whatever wild animals may be trapped or hunted locally — can provide the family table with rich and nutritious ...

“Madam,” the expert informed me, “there is no way you can possibly tan those hides at home.” Fortunately, he was wrong. I could, and you can too. First, though, there was the little matter ...

For more about the history of tanning, traditional tanning ... For most of human history, the skins of harvested big-game animals were not discarded by hunters. The hide was saved and processed ...