Nature is Cruel and Kind
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in nature as “nasty, brutish, and short” a view that continues to resonate with certain members of the populace. Often a man of...
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Nature is Cruel and Kind
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Winter Steak
I've had a few requests for recipes. I haven't been posting them because of my limited ingredient list and the repetitiveness of my meals this limit imposes. It seems there...
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Dutch Oven
The dutch oven is a marvelous cooking tool. It can brown meat prior to braising. It can hold a roast. It can simmer stew on the stove-top. The lid is...
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The Foods I Miss, or, Why Did I Ever Give up Coffee?
Since the earliest stages of planning this project I have maintained that its purpose is not asceticism for the sake of asceticism. While I hope that depriving myself of the...
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What I'm Eating 2/10/15
Garth made some bresaola, which he just cracked into. It is slightly on the salty side, so to cut the salt I made a chicken/potato salad and used the beef...
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Homemade Bresaola
If you’ve got a jar of sauerkraut bubbling away on the kitchen counter or a crock of pickles tucked away in the basement corner, but you just don’t get the...
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What do Pigs Eat in Winter?
The short answer is, "anything they can get", they're pigs after all. My pigs' two staples are "hay" and yogurt whey. The hay is wrapped in white plastic and ferments...
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A Reader Question
In my last post I asked for topics you would like to see addressed, and I’ll try to answer all of them (and any others you think of) in the...
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The Ethics of Eating Meat
Slaughtering sucks. I don't like killing animals, but I guess I like eating meat more than I dislike killing. Over the years I've grappled with whether I should eat meat...
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At the Crock-Pot Crossroads
There are few thrills in this world that compare to cracking the lid of a slow cooker and smelling the savory aroma of beef shanks wafting out into the kitchen....
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What I'm Eating 1/31/15
Well, the real answer to the post title today, is "not a whole lot," though not for a lack of food. My boy brought a GI bug back from school,...
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A Lack of Surplus
For breakfast I ate (what else?) rutabagas with ground beef and sage. I find it interesting that I am still able to enjoy these simple ingredients so much even entering...
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Rough-Legged Hawks and the Blizzard that Wasn't
Before Christmas - before I began this whole experiment - I went shopping prior to a snow storm. Less than a foot was called for, but the roads would be...
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Rabbit
Don't worry, I'm not resorting to small game as a major source of sustenance. If I were, I'd be gearing up to quit in a few days when I hit...
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