A Word on Using Weird Cuts of Meat
I generally detest all food waste, so I can appreciate all of those who opt out of buying a whole pig or a whole cow because they can’t figure out how to use the weird cuts. But that, my friends, is where the fun lies.
A Little Processing Pep Talk for Beginners: 3 Crappy Lessons Learned While Process my Own Food
The first time I canned anything, I set Brad and I up to be poisoned. (It was an accident officer, I swear). And mentally, it broke me. I did not can again for something like 4-5 YEARS.
But since then, I’ve learned a LOT about processing food. Like… a shitload. I literally did a whole podcast season about it. And since my near-poisoning, I have gotten back on the saddle and, aside from how not to die (which so far in life, I’ve been quite successful at), I learned three key lessons about managing my expectations of processing food.