Episode-2893- Joseph Simcox on Reestablishing our Connection to Nature

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Joseph Simcox is the ” Botanical Explorer” he has traveled the world for decades documenting the world’s wild and domesticated edible plants.

His work has taken him to more than 140 countries, and he and his team have led more than 500 expeditions in the pursuit of personally tracking, down eating and recording the edible plants of the world.

His premise is that humans “conquered the globe by intelligently discerning what plants they could eat that allowed our ancient ancestors to expand their populations and dominate the world. Simcox believe that the mankind’s future depends on understanding what humans of our past ate.

Joseph joins me today to discuss humanities loss of connection to nature and how this is utilized in various systems of control over humanity.   This is a long, deep and very enlightening discussion that will challenge many and I do mean many of your preconceptions.

Resources for today’s show…

 

Joseph’s Links

 

Some of the Books Joseph Mentioned

 

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Why is My Grass Fed Beef Tough & What to do About It – Miyagi Mornings Epi-118

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I am a huge fan of grass fed vs. CAFO beef for a ton of reasons. First any bovine is a ruminant and should be eating grass not grain. None of these animals evolved eating grain because there is no mass quantity of grain that is edible to such animals in the wild. Indeed when you graze cattle you know they prefer what we call “teen age grass” about half grown well before it puts on any seed heads. Go try to eat unprocessed grain and as you choke to death you will comprehend why.

Today’s question is one I get or at least similar ones on occasion here it is as it was posted on my MeWe profile page…

Question for MM: Why would the grass fed meat I get be so tough? My wife and I are getting more grass fed beef but every cut we get lately is very tough. All of the grass fed meat in my area seems to have less marbling. Is it my cooking technique or or is it the meat? I cooked 2 ribeyes for the family and we could not eat most of it.

So I am going to give some thoughts on management of beef but my knowledge is limited on this. Hence I am going to pass that portion on to Darby Simpson of The TSPC Expert Council and it will be on a future episode of the podcast.
On the second part, it may have something to do with cooking technique but since no information was provided on that I can only guess.

What I am going to do is tell you how a steak like a rib eye should be cooked and how any piece of meat can end up tough.

I will also give you several ways to make meat tender and it just so happens to naturally line up with my TSPC Item of the Day for today which is Redmond Real Salt and that can be found here – http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/iotd-6-15-21

Other resources mentioned in this video….

Video on doing Salted Steaks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RWJEOScToE
My Video on Dry Brining Steaks – https://odysee.com/dry-brining-meat-a-secret-to-perfect:b
The Best MSG Brand I Have Used – https://amzn.to/3vtobd1
Jaccard 48-Blade Meat Tenderizer – https://amzn.to/3iJDmw2
Guga Food Tenderizing Experiment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahe9xtwwUlA

Redmond Real Salt – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Redmond Real Salt.  We first got this because Dorothy heard a certain YouTube personality state that “sea salt and pink salt are good sources of minerals, unlike table salt”.  I am going to be honest with you, while there is some truth to it there are two things to consider here.

1.  All salt is mostly sodium chloride which is what makes it salt.  There is an abundance of other minerals in natural salt, but it amounts to TINY amounts for most of them, minuscule even.  Hence in reality you won’t get a big mineral boost from any salt.

2.  All salt in the end is “sea salt”, every mined deposit on land including vaulted Himalayan Pink Salt was formed from seas in ancient times.  Redmond itself is mined in Utah not made from evaporated sea water.  So any salt not refined has trace minerals in it, but again quite small amounts.

So let me say I love various natural salts, they have different flavors, textures and unique qualities that they lend to foods.  As you may remember I have previously featured some other salt varieties like Maldon and Hawaiian Red Alaea.  So I love the unique attributes different salts bring to our kitchens, however I just want to be clear, if you want a good mineral boost take a good multi vitamin/mineral because salt alone won’t get the job done.  Additionally the best use for salts is on meat and if you are on a meat based diet you are on the most nutrient dense diet in the world anyway.

So what do I love about Redmond Real Salt?  First is the flavor profile, it is freaking amazing.  The next though is something I just discovered.  I am a huge fan of “dry brining” meat.  That is a fancy way of saying to salt meat and sit it in the fridge for 24 hours before cooking it.  I do this with almost all meat I cook now as long as I have the time to do so.  Even if we take meat out in the morning to defrost, I do it for a couple hours before I cook that night.

When I say all meat I mean all.  From a giant brisket, to a salmon steak, to a pork roast, almost everything, yes even chicken.  How much salt?  Not a ton but more then you would think and no it does not make meat taste “salty”.

So why Redmond Real Salt for dry brining?  Well since I do this a lot and I am looking for what brining does, “remove excess moisture and tenderize meat” I have generally used cheap kosher salt, saving premium salts like Maldon and Redmond for “finishing salt”, ie what you put on food right before eating it.

A few weeks back I had a pork roast to smoke and decided to give it a good full 48 hour dry brine.  When I went to do it the salt box closest to me was full of Redmond, so I figured why not and used it.  The next day when I checked on the roast it was beautiful.  It looked almost slightly “cured” but not fully like when you actually cure meat.  Somewhere between the two and when I smoked it, man it came out beautifully.

Since that point I use Redmond to dry brine all my steaks, chops, etc.  Again you get a different result, steaks have a deeper red then when you use a plain salt  Pork chops get a deeper red to them as well.  And the over all results (water reduction and tenderizing meat) are exceptional as well.  I will put it this way I actually consider it a “seasoning mix” for meat at this point.  And yes you can dry brine with flavors added, say mix in some garlic powder, etc.

Anyway I think if you try this Redmond Real Salt, you will really like it and I think the first time you dry brine with it, it will become a stable in your kitchen too.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

P.S. – Here is a quick video showing what meat looks like after only a few hours of dry brining.  I also show you about how much to use for an average sized steak.  Just adjust based on the size of the cut.  In no time you will be able to do it by eye with anything you cook.  Trust yourself, this is not a complicated thing so don’t convince yourself that it is.

P.S.S. – If you are stuck on my claim that natural salts are not a great way to get minerals in your diet because every “natural health” website and YouTube channel on health says other wise, have a look at the mineral profile provided by Redmond’s themselves with their salt below.  As you will see once you past chloride and sodium, the actual amounts become minuscule.

Episode-2892- Topic Round Table for 6-14-21

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Time for another topic round table discussion. This one is all from things I simply see and hear going on in the world around us today. We will start with some comments on education, dig into a new concern with the CoVid vaccines and get into a ton of variety today.

Join me today as we discuss education, vaccines, lumber prices, dehydrating meat, bitcoin, real estate, social distancing nonsense at the G7 and more.

Join Me Today To Discuss…

  • “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next”.  ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • A interview you really should listen about the CoVid Vaccine and the response I got when I reached out to the speaker
  • The crash in lumber prices I predicted is starting to happen, it will all go boom-glut-bust
  • Is it safe to dehydrate and store meat, is there a botulism risk at all
  • What really happened with the FBI recovering bitcoin is both logical and bizarre
  • BlackRock and other investment firms are buying up real estate like crazy, why I am not surprised
  • Why the El Salvador Bitcoin News is bigger than you think, and volcanoes to mine BTC is not crazy, at all
  • Just a thought on “social distancing” at the G7 vs. the reality of the meeting, it says everything if your ears are not closed to reality (see pics at the end of these notes.
  • You are either totally screwed or all is well, the choice remains yours

 

Resources for today’s show…

 

Sponsors of the Day

 

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P.S. – Here are some examples of photos from the G7, they either show you how badly you are being played or all hope for you is gone and dead.

The True Master Conspiracy Theory – Miyagi Mornings Epi-117

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I want to lead off with a reality, I personally feel the narrative behind most “conspiracy theories” to be well, basically bat shit crazy. When ever anyone wishes to discuss a conspiracy theory with me, about anything at all I ask them a simple question. Is there any conspiracy theory you don’t believe? If they can’t name one, I don’t bother with the conversation.
Like any sane person I am naturally skeptical of anything and everything lacking evidence. I am also keen on what evidence is and what evidence is not. And a lot of what the conspiracy crowd calls evidence is at best a convoluted opinion and many things claimed as “absolute facts” by the same crowd are easily proven false.

That said, I also think there is truth in most such conspiracy theories. I do not believe the main stream narrative about 911 for instance but I also know that many of the claims of the “truthers” are nonsense. I certainly believe something stinks about the JFK assassination, I also don’t think making the shot Oswald made was particularly hard having been to the location many times given that I live in the area.

In the end I think most of the conspiracy theories are used to distract from the limited truths they tell. Some group digs in and finds some facts counter to the narrative. The true loons jump in and the media focuses on the loons, this silences the sane and anyone that speaks counter to anything the main stream says is lumped and called a quack.
This however is not the master conspiracy theory only one component of it.

There is a great lie, that lie is that “thousands of people would need to be in on it for it to be real”. The master conspiracy is that not thousands but billions of people are part to it, they are just not “in on it”. The master conspiracy is not a theory it is rather a fact of our existence and an understanding of what real power in in our modern world.

Not a single sane person will object to the facts I give you today about the master conspiracy, not a one. Yet many may object to what those facts mean. The facts are so telling that any sane person not under mind control would come to the exact same conclusion, yet most sane people won’t. This leads us to conclude, most are under mind control and as you will hear today, doing so isn’t even that hard to accomplish.

P.S. – This is the Research Doctor discussing the dangers of the spike proteins in the vaccines I mention in this episode.  https://odysee.com/onpoint-spike:7

Video – Salted Shrimp My New Favorite Freshwater Catfish Bait

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I talked about this on Episode-2778- 15 Fishing Hacks for the Everyday Fisherman.  It is a very simple technique basically take shrimp, cover it with salt and wait at least one day, a few days are even better.

I love shrimp as catfish bait, both Channel Cats and Bullheads love it.  The problem is if smaller fish are around (and they usually are) it is a very easy bait for fish to steal.  One of my favorite local ponds is full of Bullheads but has a ton of small ones.  I had given up on shrimp there because I was catching may be one fish for ten baits.  Switching to salted I am now getting about nine hook ups to ten baits and sometimes even more that ten because it stays on so well you can sometimes reuse the same piece for 2-3 fish.

Though I am focusing on catfish here, this is also awesome bait in salt water too.  Shout out to the Hey Skipper channel for turning me onto this technique.

Red Suricata Camping Tables – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Red Suricata Camping Table.  There are in fact two models available.

The first is the Small Table with dimensions assembled of 14” by 10” and 5.5” high and weighs only 1.1lbs.  Disassembled and in its carrying bag it has dimensions of 14” by 5.5” by 1.2”.

The second is the Medium Table with dimensions assembled of 16.5” by 14” and 8” high and weighs only 1.8lbs. Disassembled and in its carrying bag it has dimensions of 16.5” by 8” by 1.2”.

While both are very compact in carry mode I would say that for day trip or over night back packers most are going to go with the small version.  I don’t expect hikers who are spending weeks or months on a long trek are going to give up space and weight to a table, but the short multi day to single day hikers will really benefit form something like this.

Lets talk about why I decided to try this item in the first place, it was all about fishing.  I do a lot of bank fishing and a table is a real luxury when you have a spot with a significant walk in.  When I do that I don’t spend an hour on the bank I spend a few hours to a full day and even the occasional over night.  I even at times cook up a bit of the catch and enjoy a meal.

Up till now I have been using the top of a small cooler as a “table”, bluntly it SUCKS.  Stuff slides around and as soon as you put something on it, you need to get into it.  So I considered what was available.  I have used the very common pop up tables like this one.  They are pretty decent but for what they are they are not that light and folded up they are not that compact.  The other thing is the plastic components and cheap pinned leg pins sooner or later break.

The other option is a solid aluminum folding table like this.  These are damn solid but the larger versions are not very compact and the small sized versions have a really tiny top.  These are something I would stick to the larger versions of and they are more for people that car camp then do any walking in.

Now it just so happened that while we were recently in Sanibel I saw a really nice looking Sun Canopy.  So nice that I walked up to the folks using it and asked about it.  It was made by you guessed it, Red Suricata and I was just checking out what they had and found the tables.

On full disclosure, I did get one of each size for free from the manufacturer.  I had already made up my mind to buy one if they said no when I asked and I was clear, free product DOES NOT equal good review.  Based on my research into it and the reviews I was pretty sold on it, but I never recommend a product to you guys unless I get hands on it.

I am really happy with both tables and I love the way they can form a wind screen for a camp stove.  Here is how I see them fitting best for most people.  Again the small table is so compact even mid distance back packers are going to love it.  People like myself that do walk in bank fishing who try it will realize there really isn’t another product as perfect for them.  It is quite a low table and will be great for any camping as well, specifically between two chairs for drinks and a blue tooth speaker and such.

The larger medium will be more for people who are using say a utility cart to bring their gear in, which I do with longer walk in fishing trips.  It will be outstanding for vehicle but somewhat minimalist camping.  Especially for those who don’t have say full sized trucks or SUVs where cargo space is an issue.

Both of them will excel for beach trips big time.  For fisherman a stable surface for cutting bait is a huge benefit as is a place for all the things you don’t want in the damn sand.  And that is the same for anyone, sand to be blunt screws up almost everything but it does not screw up solid aluminum.  Given the nature of this product, I thought it would be best to provide you with a video review, so check out the video if you want more before you make your decision.

In any event after putting both through their paces I have to say I think unless you specifically abuse them, say pounding them with a hammer, or trying to use them as a chair, they will last for damn near ever.  And that is what I am always looking for in outdoor gear.  So whether you choose the small table or the medium table, I think you will be happy with Red Suricata.  Lastly I have to say when I see a small and medium I expect to see a “large”, no such option exists yet but perhaps that one will be coming soon.  I can say if it does I may add it to our gear as well.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

P.S. – Here is my video review of this table, I really think it will help you understand the size and packed and set up foot prints and drive home just how well built these are.

Episode-2891- Miyagi Mornings Recap for 6-10-21

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Welcome to Miyagi mornings weekly recap, a podcast version of our daily video series Miyagi Mornings, links to the video version of each segment can be found in the show notes for this episode. These recap episodes are part of The Survival Podcast feed but are numbered independently as a special weekly edition of our show, in all podcast feeds.

This week the Miyagi Mornings weekly recap podcast covers building wealth, getting past excuses, cryptocurrency, the importance of struggle, social media and more. A link to the video episodes for each segment is included below, any resources mentioned in any of the segments can be found in the video notes by following either the links below.

 

If you want to submit a question for Miyagi Mornings just hook up with me on MeWe and comment on the sticky post at the top of my profile.

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Episode-2890- Expert Council Q&A for 6-10-21

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert panel answers your questions on power tools, batteries, crypto currency, home school, solar power, the importance of facts and more.

Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process.

Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air.

I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

  • A grab bag of power tool and battery questions – Tim “Tool Man” Cook
  • Stories in prepping and how it pays off – Derek Bonpietro
  • A lightning round of 4 crypto questions – John Bush
  • Getting over apprehension and what to start at with home school – Amy Dingman
  • Starting small with a solar system – Shawn Mills
  • What is an “independence fund” and what do you do with it – Nicole Sauce
  • Quote of the Day by John Adams – “Facts are stubborn things”.  – Jack (with commentary on some current events with CoVid facts)

 

Resources for today’s show…

 

Tim’s Links from His Segment

 

Websites of the Expert Council Members

 

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These Chicks are Beautiful – New Bantam Chicken Cross

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We crossed our Rooster (Self Blue Old English Game Bantam) with our (Buff Orpington Bantam Hen). The results are beautiful chicks. I am not sure how they will look as they grow out but man they are stunning right now.

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