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Ep. 405: Don't Believe Them

Published: 2023-01-16 10:00:00
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Steve Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths and Corinne Schneider. 

Topics include: "Almost everything is from around here"; Jesse driving 17 pounds of lemon from South Texas to Dai Due in Austin; burning money; ricks and cords as measurements of wood; when a guy in dreads shows up and wants to show you something in his car; pronouncing coyote; more Chettiquette questions; Steve opposing Michigan's unlimited take of turkeys in the fall; wrongly maligned critters; cooking in fat; how "dry brine" is oxymoronic; Chinese meat washing; the long window of doneness in slow cooking; rendered fat prices; achieving tenderness; the overabundance of BBQ sauce in the Rinella household; the merits of eating boiled meat; mostarda; how "The Hog Book" won a James Beard Award; you're either cooking it too long, or you're not cooking it long enough; and more.

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Referenced Books

Coyote America
by Dan Flores
The speaker discusses the pronunciation of 'coyote' and references Dan Flores' book 'Coyote America' to get his perspective on how the word would have been historically pronounced by mountain men and Spanish speakers.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Shopping for Porcupine
by Seth Cantner
The speaker mentions Seth Cantner as a guest who was raised outside of Kotzebue, Alaska in a sod igloo. Cantner wrote this book among others about his experiences living off the land.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Ordinary Wolves
by Seth Cantner
Listed as another book by Seth Cantner, discussed in the context of traditional subsistence living and cooking methods in Alaska, particularly boiled meat preparations.
Referenced at 00:00:08
A Thousand Trails Home
by Seth Cantner
The speaker describes this as Cantner's book about Caribou, which discusses traditional cooking methods including boiling moose knees and caribou parts that influenced the conversation about normalizing boiled meat preparations.
Referenced at 00:00:08
The Hog Book
by Jesse Griffiths
Jesse Griffiths' book about wild hogs that won the James Beard Award in the single subject category. The speaker recommends it for people who hunt wild pigs, noting it challenges common misconceptions about eating wild hogs. The book is described as hyper-graphic with photos of hunting and butchering.
Referenced at 00:00:08