The Most Misunderstood Delicious Fish in America – Epi-175 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally Episode-2780- The Most Misunderstood Delicious Fish in America and was originally published on November 24th 2020.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.

All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

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Today I was gonna do a show about living free in an age of digital tyranny.  I thought about it though as tomorrow is the Thanksgiving Special Show, and then I am out until Monday.  It just seems like a good day for an informative, useful and yet totally light hearted show.

Well just so happens I was moving stuff around in the freezer today and found a few packs of bullhead catfish which were recently “shucked” and set aside for eating on a cold winter day.  I thought “hey you know I have talked about these guys in various ways over the years but never did anything really dedicated to them”.

I do consider this a survival topic, consider the range of bullheads in the US. is almost anywhere in the Continental US with water and into many areas of Canada.  This means 90% of more people have this edible, easy to catch fish near them.  A source of food you almost can’t over fish that works in back yard systems as well.

Today I will destroy every single objection made in regard to these guys and tell you why the littlest catfish is a great resource and fantastic eating.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

    • There are three species, black, brown and yellow but unless you have a record class fish it don’t matter
    • The biggest objections and myths about these fish as food fish (tune in for my response to them)
      • They are too small
      • They are had to clean – not if you shuck them (video 1 and video 2)
      • They taste like mud/mush/etc
      • They eat their own poop, live on poop, etc.
      • You can only keep them during cold weather if you want them to taste good
      • If you freeze them they get mushy
    • Finding them
      • They are almost everywhere but
        • They like small bodies of water
        • They like cover like culverts, bank cut outs, holes, etc.
        • Slow moving areas in creeks and small rivers
        • Park ponds and such are generally over populated with them
        • If bluegill are present in general so are bulheads
    • Catching them
      • Bottom rigs are the way to go
      • Almost any cut or live bait works but some good options are
        • Worms
        • Hot Dog
        • Cut Shiners (golden shiner)
        • Shad or cut shad (fresh)
        • Corn or Bacon (some places either works excellent in others they don’t touch either one)
        • Shrimp and shrimp flavored “fish bites“
        • Local minnows
        • Small goldfish
      • Ultra Light to Medium Action Spinning Rods
      • Bobbers set to about 1 inch above the bottom work great in some situations
      • If you are not getting bites, switch bait and/move
      • Chumming is a great idea if legal (dog kibble or blood meal, tune in for how, use a cricket puck)
    • The good and bad for back yard systems (aquaculture, aquaponics, etc)
      • The Good
        • Easy to pellet train, when they get hungry they will eat
        • Can be fed minnows you self propagate, fresh water shrimp, etc
        • Grow to size relatively fast if well fed
        • Survive in water others won’t
        • Will breed under the right conditions (space and hides)
      • The Bad (with mitigation suggestions)
        • Produce a lot of waste
        • Will attack and eat each other (if not managed right)
        • Can hurt you with those barbed fins
        • Subject to Ich as all “skin fish” are
    • Favorite ways to cook them (I only shuck at this point)
      • Fried whole in redfish magic seasoning (brush with butter then season)
      • Grilled whole also with redfish magic
      • Smoked (pellet tube) just lightly then grilled
      • Breaded and pan fried (Everglades when cheating, keto mix when not)
      • My wife is picky on fish and she LOVES all these options
    • Final Thoughts – Is this one of the ultimate survival forage options, I say yes
      • Most places they are not game fish, no limits, etc.
      • No one cares if you take them
      • Very little competitive pressure
      • Fast to clean if you know how
      • The waste is fertilizer for the garden
      • Found almost anywhere
      • Kids love them because they are easy to catch
      • Teach you all you need to know to get started fishing
      • Once you dial in a location they can be caught almost year round

 

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Building Garden Soil though the Winter – Epi-174 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally Episode-2753- Building Garden Soil though the Winter and was originally published on Oct. 15th 2020.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.

All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode.

Last week we discussed a surface level few of general concepts of getting your garden ready for the coming winter months.  Today we take a deeper dive into what might be the most important and most overlooked part of the process, building soil.

I once heard famous soil scientist Elaine Ingham say something very close to the following…

As gardeners and farmers you have been tricked into thinking your job is to grow plants.  It isn’t, the plants themselves have tricked you into doing their bidding, by growing soil for them.  You can’t grow a plant, it is impossible.  If you think you can hold a seed in your hand and wait for it to grow.  We grow soil and micro organisms and they grows the plants.

This was if I remember at Permaculture Voices 2, many years ago.  I had said many versions of this myself by that time but hearing it this way, this exact way, “the plants themselves have tricked you into doing their bidding, by growing soil for them” it just really stuck with me.  They tricked us!

That juicy tomato, that sweet cucumber, that blend of bitter leaves that gives us our minerals, all of it is a trick!  Sneaky little pricks those plants, giving humans what they need so we will give them what they need.  And it turns out as you will see today that under the soil, the sneaky little buggers do the same thing, giving the soil critters what they want in return for what the plants really crave, which as it turns out isn’t Brondo after all.

Join Me today to discuss…

  • The short short version of how plants get what they really crave
  • Why that means when we grow soil, what we are really doing is providing habitat
  • Things we can do in winter to grow soil, suppress weeds in the off season etc.  Pick and chose what works for you!
      • Tractor livestock especially poultry at the end of the season
      • Cut back all plants that have finished production leave the roots to rot in the ground
      • Mulch heavily
      • Tarp your beds to kill back all growth
      • Plant cover crops, my favorites are
          • Daikon Radish
          • Purple Top Turnip
          • “Winter Pea”
          • Grains (rye, wheat, triticale, oat)
          • A few thoughts on where to buy seeds for cover crops
      • Apply compost (conventional, worm, mushroom, anything)
      • Soil drench with compost tea (Garrett Juice0
      • Feed the critters (sweet feed, molasses, old chicken feed, leaves, etc)
      • Plant winter crops (broccoli, carrot, etc.)
      • Use tunnel covers and keep cropping
      • Add worms to your garden
  • Final Considerations
      • The ideas I gave you are not everything you can do
      • They were not in any specific order
      • No one will do all of them, everyone should do several of them
      • Winter is coming it always does, you don’t control that but you control what you do with it

 

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Eggs the Back Yard Protein that Fed Americans for Generations – Epi-173 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally Episode-2709- Eggs the Back Yard Protein that Fed Americans for Generations and was originally published on August 11th 2020.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.

All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

Bantam Hens are Well Mannered and Underrated in My Opinion

Yesterday I had to be in my car for a bit and so I listened to part of one of Nicole Sauce’s recent podcasts on meat chicken raising.  She covered it all from getting new chicks to butchering them.  It made me realize I have not talked about poultry recently and that hey I wanted to.

Function Stacking at Work, Our Free Range Ducks and Chickens Cleaning up Spilled Song Bird Feeder Over Flow

Not wanting to redo the great work Nicole just did I thought, well lets talk about the other side of bird keeping, eggs.  I grew up at what I kind of like to think of as the end of the great era of back yard eggs in America.  Happily it seems to be coming back strong, and we will talk about the why behind that today as well.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • The method that my grandparents and almost everyone used in the 70-80s
  • What really killed the back yard flock, yes regulations but not the ones you think did it
  • Just like our grand parents to make chickens/ducks pay off we need to function stack them
  • Don’t over look quail they are the most productive dual purpose poultry in the world
  • Thoughts on procuring birds true local, local stores or by mail
  • My brutal ass brooding method and why it works so well, yea some die, I am okay with it
  • Strategy is a good idea as to weather and timing here is why I like brooding right now and in early fall too
  • Balancing free range, coop and run and tractoring with needs of birds and needs of humans
  • Different Birds to Consider
    • Production Chickens
    • Heritage Chickens
    • Bantam Chickens
    • Mallard Breed Conventional Ducks
    • Runner Ducks
    • Muscovy Ducks
  • Working with neighbors
  • Culling, don’t do this if you are not willing to cull or don’t know someone to take them 100%
  • Some good ways to cook roosters and stew birds
    • Believe it or not young roosters are often good fried old school style
    • Coq a Vin
    • Stew
    • Soup
    • Ground (many options)
  • Feed the best, the good and the good enough

 

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Hydroponics for Preppers – Epi-172 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally Episode-2615- Hydroponics for Preppers and was originally published on March, 9th 2020.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.

All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

Today the bulk of our discussion will be about hydroponics.  We will discuss several different forms of hydroponics, why pumps often do make sense, nutrient choices, best crops to grow and more.  We are coming at this from a stand point of how well hydro fits the prepper mindset though, rather than just hydro for the sake of hydro.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • The simple but missed meaning of the word hydroponics
  • The big advantages
  • The honest disadvantages
  • Sources of anti hydro stigma
    • Ignorance
    • Lies
    • Crappy Plant Varieties
    • Overselling of bullshit by zealots
  • Why we should consider growing indoors especially as preppers
  • The disadvantages of growing indoors and how most don’t apply to home producers
  • The four most common techniques and what you should know about them
    • Kratky
    • NFT
    • Ebb and Flow
    • Deep Water Recirculating
  • Why I now recommend most people start with Masterblend Fertilizer
  • Plants you can grow to full harvest in 25-35 days
    1. Lettuce
    2. Basil
    3. Argula (stupid easy and fast)
    4. Spinach
    5. Kale/Yad Fah/Etc
    6. Bok Choi
    7. Sorrel
    8. Shiso
    9. Chicory/Dandelion
    10. Swiss Chard
  • Yes you can grow anything but fast turn is best for indoors
  • As a seed starting system nothing else I have tried even comes close
  • Nothing I know of beats hydro for speed, quality, reliability and yes flavor
  • A confession – I am embarrassed it took me this long to become a convert

 

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Get the Strike App and Set it Up

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Guys I am chilling in a hotel room in one of my favorite places and enjoying a cup of coffee and yet writing up this post.   If you know me in my 13+ years of doing TSP I never mix vacation and business and here I am doing it.

Why?

Because I have told you about Strike but I have honest to God missed how great it is.  I am not going to go deep into it here, but when I get back I will on the podcast.  But here is one example.  Would you like your employer to say pay you in bitcoin and in any amount.  Say 3% of your weekly check, with zero fees.  Strike will let you do that.  5%, 10%, what ever you want.  How?

It is called Pay Me in Bitcoin.  But what if you employer says no?

They won’t you just do a direct deposit form, like you would for any bank account.  In Strike you say convert X% instantly to Bitcoin.  Done.  Saying no isn’t really an option, you just change all or some of your direct deposits.

Now yes to use Strike this way you must do KYC.  (know your customer)  So what?  Like I keep saying you want Bitcoin you put away for your future as lily white as the driven snow anyway.   Why?  I’ll explain when I get back if you have not heard me do so before.

Right now though I suggest everyone set up Strike because it is free and easy.  Get the app, do your payment verification and you can start buying BTC with a bank account or a debit card fast.  When you do they will give you 5 dollars in BTC.  I keep saying BTC is the single most important asset to own, that just keeps becoming more clear over time.  Strike simply is now the easiest and cheapest way to get it done.

Even if you don’t want to use the Pay Me in Bitcoin Option, I’d get this anyway.  I’ll admit it as cool as I thought Strike was I really didn’t get how cool it was for the average American.  I was more caught up in what it did for El Salvador.

Let me put it this way, if you buy 100 dollars in BTC on most exchanges you will end up with 95-97 dollars after fees, with Strike you will have all 100 dollars.  There is more, much more, but for now, just get the app and get it set up.  I will fill you in when I get back.  Buy 50 or 100 bucks in Bitcoin and see how easy it is.  Once you do it will all click for you.  Hell I just did it myself and that plus the pay me in Bitcoin option caused me to get up and write this post before I even baited up a rod to go fishing, really think about that.

Note – Full disclosure if you use the link in this post or give my referral code when you sign up (S2JD1C) when you get your 5 dollar bonus I get one too.  I always disclose deals like this and let me say it is not the only reason I am doing it.  I have know about Strike’s referral program for almost a year now.  Like I said, I simply underestimated how great this product is. I predict Strike will be bigger than PayPal in a few years.  They are really on to something.  Again if I took the time on vacation in of all places Sanibel to write this up, it says something.  Get the App Here.

Raised Bed Gardening for Dummies – Epi-171 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally Episode-2560- Raised Bed Gardening for Dummies and was originally published on December 5th, 2019.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.

All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

I got an email recently that said…

I have not had much success the past few years in growing food. I trie

d Mel Bartholomew’s square foot gardening last year without luck, problems with bugs, too little or too much water not sure.

Here’s my plan:

  • 16′ x 3′ raised bed about a 16″ deep in an area that gets sun from around 9 or 10 am through nightfall.
  • I plan to use part of this space for composing until I get a full bed of nice topsoil. And I’d like to add some PVC irrigation to the bed that I could hook a hose up to.
  • There is good soil on the ground in this spot now so I was thinking I could pile up as much as possible on one side while I work on getting the other side up to snuff.
  • Should I just throw some dirt from under my leaf pile into there as a filler? Should I bury some wood in the bed? Am I too late to get the soil proper before the next growing season? Worms?

 

I live in zone 7b (Richmond Va) and we have wet springs and the end of our summers can be very dry. So how can you tell when the plants have the proper amount of water?  Thanks, Walker

I realized after reading it that it has been a long time since we talked about this subject.  Also that winter is a great time to plan out and often to build raised beds.  I also realized that many people might (note might) be doing raised beds when going with “in ground” or “on ground” beds may be a better option.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • What are the goals of a garden more over what should they be?
    • Grow plants, today we are looking at food but plants are plants
    • Optimize the growth of what you want vs. what wants to grow in that spot
    • Minimize your work load
    • Give organization to chaos, ie create a pattern you can manage
  • My issues with “square foot gardening”
    • 4×4 beds dry out fast
    • In the end it is just a planting pattern
    • Attempts to oversimplify
    • I still love Mel!  Don’t get me wrong
  • What are the advantages of raised beds
    • Total control of “soil mix”
    • Start weed free and usually disease free
    • Good drainage
    • Clear demarcation point between “lawn” and garden
    • Easy to install irrigation during construction
  • What are the disadvantages of raised beds
    • Cost of construction
    • Cost of fill materials
    • Dries out far more quickly in hot weather/climates
    • Initially requires more labor
    • Semi permanent structures
  • Raised Bed Construction Material Options
    • Timbers
    • Treated Lumber
    • Cinder blocks or or other man made hardscape materials
    • Natural stone, rock, etc.
  • My rules for raised beds
    • 4 feet wide unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise
    • If your ground really sucks (rock etc) go deep
    • Be sure of your location before building them
    • Be sure a raised bed really makes sense, sometimes they are the best option
    • Employ weed blockers
    • Get over your fear or treated lumber or don’t use wood
    • Consider heavy mulch and weed blocking around and in between beds
  • Building soil
    • Use my fertility regiment
    • Mulch, then mulch, then mulch again
    • Cover crop or tarp in winter, or anytime not in use
    • Compost, then compost more, always compost
  • Bed orientation and location
    • If you can’t see it, you won’t take care of it
    • Ideal locations have eastern sun and western shade (subject to your climate)
    • Wind can be your enemy, for many reasons, set up wind blocks
  • Managing your garden
    • Weed early and weed often
    • Keep records of what grows, when things happen, etc.
    • Irrigate on a schedule, automation is best
    • Fertilize on a schedule, this is on you
    • Harvest frequently, you will get more production
    • No matter the technique the soil is the key, we grow soil, soil grows plants
  • Final Thoughts

 

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Distilling from Hobby to Full Time Business – Epi-170 – TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2414- Distilling from Hobby to Full Time Business and was originally published on April 3rd, 2019.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.  All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

Jason Justice is an Amy logistics officer and recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.  He is also the owner of Justice Label Distillery in Sinton, TX and founder of the Veterans Alcoholic Beverage Competition and Freedom Fest designed to benefit our veterans and promote entrepreneurship.

Jason joins us today to discuss distilling and the science behind it.  Along with how he started out small time and took his passion and family tradition of distilling into a full time business.

We also discuss how the industry is no where near as hard to enter as it might appear and what it takes to be successful as an entrepreneur in a highly competitive industry.

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Making Sausage and Making Mead as Life Skills- Epi-169- TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2343- Making Sausage and Making Mead as Life Skills and was originally published on December 11th, 2018.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.  All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

As we head into Christmas time I thought another sort of fun show would be in order.  First I was going to just do a show on mead today but then I realized that not everyone imbibes, so I decided to do a two fer, half on making meads and half on making sausage.  While good sausage and meads do pair well, I figured this show would also pair well with last weeks stand alone show on Making the Most of Winter Down Time.

I also do consider these two things, life skills.  In that if you can make mead, you can also make wine, cider, beer and likely a ton of other things.  When it comes to sausage making, we are talking about one of the oldest culinary skills known to man.  Every indigenous culture has forms of sausage.  I have even seen for instance Mongolians making sausage on the fly when cooking a whole sheep in a traditional style.  Tune in to hear about that today.

Both of these processes remarkably easy but have some mental barriers.  I have found when people get past that barrier a few things occur.  First the creative process opens, would x, y and z make a good sausage, well screw it, let’s find out.  Or would A and B make a good mead, well hell, let’s try a gallon and see.

This then leads to a new way of thinking for many.  Would these two meats make a good stew, hell would that sausage I made go good in a stew, well let’s find out.  It is the second half that is really critical for folks, LET’S FIND OUT!

Now look there are things that a simple “let’s find out” attitude is not a good idea with.  Such as I wonder if I can get that racoon out of my chimney with my bare hands, yea, bad idea.  Yet I have always been amazed when people propose something that MIGHT work and trying it has almost no serious consequences, but they just sit, wonder and never act on it.  Today we seek to correct that in a fun and enjoyable way.

Join Me Today as We Discuss…

  • The basic small batch mead making process
  • Choosing honey for your mead
  • How to make meads sweet or dry
  • Aging meads
  • The beauty of a “core recipe”
  • Some Meads I have going or will be making soon
    • Of Course 3FB
    • Apricot
    • Cranberry Orange
    • Coffee with Vanilla
    • Cucumber Mint
    • Goumi
    • Persimmon
  • The basic sausage making process
    • To case or not to case and casing options
    • Why you should really think before you smoke a sausage batch
    • Tips for perfect grinding every time
    • Why even if you hate liver it probably should go in your sausage
    • Source of fat beyond the typical “pork butts”
    • Thoughts on “texture” and how much emulsification to do
    • Collagen vs. natural casings
    • Some of my favorite sausages to make and try
      • Venison Cherry
      • Duck Armanac
      • Turkey Cranberry – Yea seriously
      • Jalapeno Garlic and Meat of Your Choice
      • Simple Venison Black Pepper
      • Jack’s Breakfast Sausage
    • If you say you don’t like sausage you are saying you don’t like food
      • Meats people don’t think of that make good sausage
        • Lamb
        • Mutton
        • Goose
        • Shrimp or Crawfish – no I am not kidding
        • Hearts – Yep what ever you can get
    • What can you come up with, that is the real point.

 

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I Go to Sanibel – You Get a Sale

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Okay I thought about it and if I am going to spend 10 days fishing you guys should get something too right?  Well, call it a last minute gift for some but how about and MSB Sale?

Okay this will be for new customers only, sorry I really can’t do manual renewals on the road.  However if you have an expired account you can use the code to renew, I just can’t do early renewals.  Trust me I wish I could it is a system limitation that create double billing if I allow it.

Price?  30 Dollars a year and it locks in on recurring.

How?  When you sign up online, choose 12 months for your term and use code beachshark when you sign up.  It is that simple.

If you want to pay with crypto you can and I will honor the rate but it may take a week for me to get back with payment instructions.

If you want to pay by check or silver in the mail we will honor it.  With silver we give more time to cover the discount with a check just adjust it yourself.  But if you pay by mail Dorothy won’t get you set up till se get back.

That is all, now off to catch those sharks!

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Jack’s Cooking Hacks and Cheat Codes – Epi-168- TSP Rewind

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2190- Jack’s Cooking Hacks and Cheat Codes and was originally published on March 27th, 2018.

This series of rewinds running from Oct. 19th – 29th will be a skill set based rewind series.  All episodes will be dedicated to improving skill sets and knowledge base.

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So as many of you know one of my passions in life is cooking.  To me it is more than just food, it’s understanding other cultures and history.  It is chemistry, biology and science as well.  And to me anyway cooking is fun, trying new things, making something simple not just taste good but look amazing.

Take the picture to the left for instance.  To make that we just took a walk around our property.  We foraged some wild garlic flowers, some lambsquarters, nasturtium, pea tendrils and some veggies from our grow beds.  We made a salad with left over cut up chicken.  Simple, but why does it look so amazing, simply the arrangement.  I can tell you that it also tasted as good as it looked.

So today I want to give away a bunch of what I call me “cheat codes”, these are various ingredients that add amazing flavor with minimal effort.  Additionally I feel if an ingredient is a “cheat code” it has to do more than just what it is intended to do, for instance sure you can make chipolte mayo for a taco with chipolte canned peppers, but you can also make a BBQ sauce for ribs that will blow your mind.

I am also including “Jack Hacks”, little things I have learned over the years to make things work better or to make them easier to do.  Like how about a way to make perfect rice and not even give a damn about how much water you use.  Okay you are going to have to tune in for that.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Why we should make cooking an e
    ssential life skill in America
  • Some of my favorite “cheat codes and what to do with them”
  • Some of my hacks
    • Cook rice like you do pasta
    • Infuse rice with flavor
    • Par cook bacon that is going to used to wrap something
    • Always do your marinades or brines in a zip top bag
    • If a marinade has water and oil bases always add mustard
    • Mix marinades in a ball jar
    • Partially freeze any meat you want to grind or slice
    • Steam your hard boiled eggs instead of boiling them (Alton Brown Hack)
    • Grill fruit
    • Use water from re-hydrated veggies
    • Salted Steaks and Salted Squash (how to make zoodles)
    • Salt aging steaks (Alton Brow Hack)
    • Defrost meat on cast iron cookware – yes it works
    • Use cast iron to start or finish sear food on the grill
    • Soak skewers in a water bottle (Another Alton Brown Hack)
    • Cook chicken bones/cores in a strainer (I love this pot and strainer from Ikea)
    • Put a lemon in chicken stock
    • The above also makes a great steamer
    • Cook in the oven with a cooling rack and a baking pan
    • Finally, do put some thought into presentation
  • In the end just try stuff, it will often work out

 

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