It’s finding a balance, making sure you’re feeding your creativity in the things that inspire you, and trying to make the things that you’re not so hot on as quick and easy as possible… We live in a society that is very time-poor, and it is easy to lose that time and not have the time you need in the kitchen. Alison
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The Run Down:
01:24 A review from a listener
02:52 What we ate!
14:11 Heading into the main topic!
16:45 Sauerkraut
Why can’t we take the best of both worlds? Why do we have to go so hard one way or the other? Why can’t we say look, there was a lot of wisdom, there was some stuff that wasn’t so good, but take the things that are valuable and continue to use them. You’re marrying that wisdom of how cabbage can be treated, but finding that shortcut. Andrea
Note: 1.37 grams salt : 100 grams cabbage
24:00 Bread & Soaking Grains
Really, bread doesn’t have to be that complicated. Part of it is expectation setting… If you want to feed your family and yourself predigested, fermented, healthy grains, you can do that without spending hours on it. Alison
40:15 Batch Cooking, Breakfast
45:25 The Kitchen Canon
58:00 Rendering Fat, Grinding Meat and Organs, Kefir Herbal Infusions
01:03:00 Time: The easy way to have more time
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Resources:
Chewing the Fat by Karima Moyer-Nocchi
Episode # 29: Interview with Karima (Apple Podcast link)
Katie’s Bread Recipe – Part One, Part Two
Homesteading Family Breakfast Casseroles Video (PDF link in video caption)
My family size hasn’t caught up to my pan size yet. Andrea
A Cabin Full of Food by Marie Beausoleil
Episode # 12: Why I gave away my smart phone (Apple Podcast link)
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I working my way through your “old” episodes and just wanted to say how much I loved the common sense of this one.
Last night I added a couple tablespoons of my sourdough to a dough for a galette this morning and it was great! I never would have thought of that myself and appreciate so much the ways to make this lifestyle doable for me.
Oh, galette sounds very nice. What flour did you use and how did you eat it?! Thank you for your words. Andrea and I both feel very strongly that it shouldn’t always have to be *hard*!