Kitchen-Table-Chats – Ancestral Kitchen https://ancestralkitchen.com Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Kitchen Table Chats #30 – Cooking During Busy Times/with Babies, ‘Natural’ Sugars, Pig Butchery & Coming Off Instagram https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/12/01/kitchen-table-chats-30-cooking-during-busy-times-with-babies-natural-sugars-pig-butchery-coming-off-instagram/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=5010 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Thanks for your support! Today we cover the three questions below plus talk about coming off Instagram.

Kelsey’s question:

During busy seasons, pregnancy sickness, newborns, moving properties, busy work schedule, etc, what tips do you have for still cooking ancestral food?

Megan’s question:

It’s possible this has been covered somewhere and I’ve not seen it yet, but I’d love to hear a breakdown about types of “natural sugars”. For example rapadura versus sucanat .. are these the same thing or two different things? When you search online you can find conflicting info. I’m interested in this in general, but especially through the lenses of making water kefir.

Nick’s question:

Any tips/tricks/hacks for pig butchering time, especially more than one at a time? I’ve relistened to the original episode with Naomi a couple times now to glean information from the Slovak butchering tradition (which is also the episode that got me hooked to the podcast!) and know little bits from how my family used to do it but would be interested in any advice!

Resources:

Meredith Leigh’s The Ethical Meat Handbook in our US bookshop

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #29 – Do You Eat Veg, Yogurt v. Kefir, Oat Cookies & Harvest Traditions in Wales https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/11/01/kitchen-table-chats-29-do-you-eat-veg-yogurt-v-kefir-oat-cookies-harvest-traditions-in-wales/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4916 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Thank you for your support! Here’s what we cover in the podcast:

  • Citrus fruit and kiwis
  • Steak and kidney pie
  • Long-matured oat cookies
  • Patron question from Nicole: Vegetables: how we include them in our life and diet
  • Patron question from Lily: Kefir v. Yogurt, what is the difference?
  • Alison reads about hay harvest traditions from Domestic Life in Wales and it leads to a conversation on loss of tradition and community and how we can change that.

Alison has had building work going on in the flat above her since June. Rob has done amazing things with microphones and technology but the audio is not perfect. Keeping everything crossed that the workmen finish soon!

Resources:

https://culturesforhealth.com/blogs/learn/milk-kefir

https://culturesforhealth.com/blogs/learn/free-ebooks

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #28 – Chicken Butchering, Grain Growing & Grain Mills https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/10/01/kitchen-table-chats-28-chicken-butchering-grain-growing-grain-mills/ Sat, 30 Sep 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4839 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Welcome to the new patrons since the last recording:

  • Elizabeth annual
  • Heather Leo
  • Parsonage Farmer
  • Nicole
  • Melissa
  • Emily Marie Murdoch

What we cover:

  • Andrea’s chickens eating their own eggs
  • Using chicken eggs as calcium supplement
  • The forthcoming spelt sourdough cookbook
  • Different types of cocoa
  • Andrea’s chicken butchering
  • Smaltz
  • Growing your own grains
  • Alison’s purchase of a grain mill

Resources:

Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon

The Mockmill that Alison bought

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #27 – Pastry, Liver Capsules & All About Wales https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/09/01/kitchen-table-chats-27-pastry-liver-capsules-all-about-wales/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4724 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Welcome to the new patrons since the last recording:

  • Kelsey Beck
  • Erin
  • Keith Groom
  • Katie Deslippe
  • Francine

Topics:

  • Bedtime stories
  • Alison’s sourdough spelt pastry
  • Using technology
  • Liver and liver capsules
  • Collagen powder
  • Andrea’s ‘Working Bee’ appearrance on Pioneering Today
  • Alison’s Welsh trip and Mrs Beeton book
  • Oven temperatures
  • Alison’s finding of the Domestic Life in Wales book
  • Oatcake methods
  • Carmarthen Ham
  • Ireland and seperatism
  • Low-stimulating visual entertianment
  • Charlton Heston (!)

Resources:

Faisal’s Liver Capsules

Great Lakes Collagen Capsules

Everything Cookbooks Podcast: Single Subject Cookbooks

Books mentioned: Mrs Beeton’s All About Cookery (this is the book Alison has not Family Cookery), and Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management.

Mrs Beeton’s Wikipedia page

Book mentioned: Domestic Life in Wales by S. Minwel Tibbott and Welsh Fare by S. Minwel Tibbott

Check the Treasure Trove for the ebook Working Bee Menu!

Ellie’s Everyday on YouTube

Carmarthenshire Rare Books on Abebooks

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #26 – Alison in England, Phytate, Kefir Grains, The Good & Bad of Dairying and Living in a Bubble https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/08/01/kitchen-table-chats-26-alison-in-england-phytate-kefir-grains-the-good-bad-of-dairying-and-living-in-a-bubble/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4596 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Thank you for your support and welcome to you if you are a new patron! This recording’s hot off the press, we hope you enjoy.

Here’s roughly what we cover:

  • Flying, health and conscience
  • Alison’s in England: her travelling food
  • Boza in an ill-equipped kitchen
  • Phytate in oats and rye and the importance of freshly-ground flour
  • ‘Imperialist’ notion of our ancestors being backwards and how being on the ground teaches you everything
  • Milk kefir grains, dehydrated v. fresh; water kefir grains and getting ones that grow!
  • Andrea’s dairying 8 days a week
  • Making the leap from commercial dairy to raw
  • Milkmen documentary and Saying No to a Small Farm Future
  • Living in a bubble and how to create change
  • The forthcoming spelt cookbook
  • Living a in a new space and how we learn from it

Resources:

Milk Men: The Life and Times of Dairy Farmers documentary – Let’s watch and discuss in a Discord thread!

The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding Big and Small by Isabella Tree & Charlie Burrell

Will Harris’ interview with Joe Rogan where he talks about industrial farming transitioning to regenerative farming: Interview #1893 on the Joe Rogan Podcast

Will Harris is also writing a book which is available for pre-order now

Saying No to a Farm-Free Future by Chris Smaje

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #25 – Chicken Tractor, Puffed Cereals, Diana Rodgers & Inclusive Change https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/07/01/kitchen-table-chats-25-chicken-tractor-puffed-cereals-diana-rodgers-inclusive-change/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4453 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

What we cover:

  • Spelt pizza in a wood-fired oven
  • Alison & Rob’s GAPS episode
  • Alison’s beef and liver burgers
  • Andrea’s friend’s spaghetti sauce
  • Andrea’s chicken tractor (modelled on Joel Salatin’s plans)
  • Alison’s research into how extruded/puffed cereals are made
  • Scaling food production
  • Diana Rodgers
  • Working patterns and how they impact the future of food
  • Inclusive change and elevating our voices
  • Saunas

Resources:

Slowdown Farmstead collagen article

Joel’s book: Polyface Designs

]]> Kitchen Table Chats #24 – Protein from Real Food, Soaked Cream Biscuits, Transatlantic Linguistic Challenges! https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/06/01/kitchen-table-chats-24-protein-from-real-food-soaked-cream-biscuits-transatlantic-linguistic-challenges/ Wed, 31 May 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4282 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Here’s what we cover:

  • Agretti
  • Liver & collagen supplementation
  • Eira’s question: Aside from collagen powder, how do you get enough protein?
  • How did our ancestors get enough protein?
  • How industrialization was beneficial (yes, beneficial!)
  • Andrea’s Soaked Cream Biscuits
  • The names of British v. American baked goods!

Welcome to the new patrons since the last recording:

  • Kristiann
  • Dierdre
  • Louisa
  • Rebecca
]]> Kitchen Table Chats #23 – Meals at the Ancestral Hearth – Our New Cookbook For You!! https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/05/01/kitchen-table-chats-23-meals-at-the-ancestral-hearth-our-new-cookbook-for-you/ https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/05/01/kitchen-table-chats-23-meals-at-the-ancestral-hearth-our-new-cookbook-for-you/#respond Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=4198 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Here’s what we cover:

  • Assisi, and how it’s actually pronounced!
  • Alison’s spent grain bread
  • Andrea’s farm help, Chloe
  • Meals at the Ancestral Hearth – our new cookbook and gift to you 🙂 Hear the highs and lows of our process, why we’re super-proud and all about the recipes!

Link for you to buy the book: http://farmandhearth.com/shop

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What we cover:

  • Liver
  • The arrival of Andrea’s cow, Elsie (and the story behind her)
  • Industrialisation and how it began earlier than we sometimes think
  • Cow-breeding and cow selection
  • Rebecca’s question on GAPS
  • Perimenopause
  • Protein – how much should we be eating? Really? That much?!
  • Our cookbook is coming to you soon!

Resources:

Harriet Gendall’s research work on the Cornish oat ‘pillas’

‘Journey for a lost oat’, video talk by Harriet Gendall

Podcast Episode: Why We Think You Should Eat Breakfast with Kate Deering

Heal Your Metabolism by Kate Deering

Hormone Repair Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Healthy Hormones After Age 40 by Laura Briden

Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods by Laura Briden

]]> https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/04/01/kitchen-table-chats-22-andreas-cow-gaps-protein-how-much/feed/ 0 Kitchen Table Chats #21 – Cooking a goose, buttermilk, Wales & The Prairies https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/03/01/kitchen-table-chats-21-cooking-a-goose-buttermilk-wales-the-prairies/ https://ancestralkitchen.com/2023/03/01/kitchen-table-chats-21-cooking-a-goose-buttermilk-wales-the-prairies/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:15:00 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=3943 Read More]]> These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings (like this private podcast) along with lots of extra resources. You can get access to the recording and see how the community works by visiting www.patreon.com/ancestralkitchenpodcast.

Thanks for your support!! Andrea and I range through a lot of topics as usual, including:

  • The American Prairies, weather and weather sensitivities
  • Andrea’s pork supper
  • Alison’s oat sausages
  • Flavio’s dogs, pests and hunting
  • Discord and welcome to Marianne, Sara and Katie
  • Nick’s question: Cooking a whole goose
  • The book Welsh Food Stories by Carwyn Graves
  • Buttermilk as a fermented drink in Wales
  • The book Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser

Alison’s audio technology did not record properly, hence her side of the recording isn’t as good as usual. Apologies from us… We hope you enjoy!

Resources:

Flavio’s Instagram

Two Fat Ladies roast goose

Two Fat Ladies TV show

Pioneering Today podcast with Melissa K Norris

Milk Cow Kitchen by MaryJane Butters

Welsh Food Stories by Carwyn Graves

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Defending Beef by Nicolette Hahn Niman

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