Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Hunter Spencer, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.
Topics include: Drinking with your parents when you're underage; which states drink the most?; MeatEater's Fancy Pants Christmas Cocktail, featuring Desert Door sotol; reinterpreting, "Baby It's Cold Outside"; Song and Dance Phil performs "It's The Most Wonderful Time to Kill Deer"; Phil and Hayden's duet; how not to be a surface shitter when the ground is frozen; how to deal with popping while ice fishing; the final authority; a Hot Tip on no TP: psyllium fiber; Jani practicing his Latvian; Diana, Goddess of the Hunt; pursing the raccoon dog; how everyone's using thermal vision in Latvia; don't shoot the shovel; when Jani nočakarēt-ed big time; beware the through wind; super broth measured in units of love; and more.
MeatEater's Fancy Pants Cocktail recipe by Kevin Gillespie:
2oz Sotol Blanco (get your Desert Door sotol here)
.75 oz Sercial Madeira
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.75 oz Hibiscus Syrup
3 dashes Orange bitters
Shake all ingredients together with ice, strain and serve up (martini style) garnished with an orange peel and a sprig of rosemary.
Hibiscus Syrup
1 cup sugar
3/4 Cup water
1 Cup hibiscus flowers
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
1 whole star anise pod
3 whole cloves
Peel of one lemon
Bring all to a boil and then allow to steep hot for 30 mins before straining and cooling.
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