Ep. 253: Meat Slaps and Tallow

Published: 2020-12-28 10:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths, Clay Newcomb, Chris Gill, Rick Smith, and Seth Morris.

Topics discussed: a requester of GPS collar data explains himself; axiographics; a trail cam enthusiast; meat sheets and meat slaps; the geographic differences of meat cookery; the boneless bear ham through a funnel mesher; what LeBron and bacon have in common; getting mauled by a variety of tick species; Seth's setup of the hog hunt story; the sound a javelina's lips make while eating turkey shit; that time when Clay shot the same hog twice; Jesse's skinning method; how to support a hog book by a hog apologist; and more.

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Referenced Books

Afield

by Jesse Griffiths

Jesse Griffiths references 'the recipe in my first book' when discussing how to stuff and roll wild game meat with sausage, bread crumbs, and egg. Later confirmed as 'Afield' when discussing Beard Award nominations, where Jesse mentions it was nominated but lost to a British author's fruit book.

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The Hog Book

by Jesse Griffiths

Extensively discussed as Jesse Griffiths' upcoming self-published cookbook about wild hog preparation and cooking, being funded through Kickstarter. The book features 115 recipes and photography by Jody Horton. It categorizes hogs into four types (small, medium, large sow, large boar) with specific butchery and cooking instructions for each.

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