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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.

Resources for today’s show…

• Follow Life With Jack on Instagram
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• Walking To Freedom
• TspAz.com
• TSPC on Discord
• TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
• TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
• Jack on Flote
• Jack on MeWe
• Join Me on Odysee
• Buy Bitcoin on CoinBase
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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.

The following are the original show notes from that episode…

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”
  • Better Than Bullion Broth Bases (love this stuff)
  • Maldon Smoked Salt (link)
  • Canned Chipolte Peppers (Brand I use, this one will likely cost less at the store)
  • Ground dehydrated celery (I get mine from Harmony House)
  • Curry Paste (link)
  • Micro Greens (sunflower and daikon especially east to do)
  • Yogurt Cheese (use flour sack towels to make this)
  • Citrus Zest (use a microplane grater)
  • Chili Garlic Oil (get these chilies strait from Thailand)
  • Sumac Powder (some of the best I have found is this stuff)
  • Saffron (expensive because it is worth it get it here)
  • Dehydrated Onions (I get mine from Harmony House)
  • Lemon Pepper (link)
  • Miso and other pastes (Doenjang, Gochujang, Miso, Black Bean Paste)
• 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

Resources for today’s show…

• Follow Life With Jack on Instagram
• TSP Facebook Group
• Join the Members Brigade
• Join Our Forum
• Walking To Freedom
• TspAz.com
• TSPC on Discord
• TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
• TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
• Jack on Flote
• Jack on MeWe
• Join Me on Odysee
• Buy Bitcoin on CoinBase
• My Favorite NoKYC Cryto Exchange CoinEx

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.