Year of Plenty Podcast - Foodies Roundtable: A Guide to Unique Cuts of Wild Game , 2023 Hunting Season Recap & Dry Curing Meats

Foodies Roundtable: A Guide to Unique Cuts of Wild Game , 2023 Hunting Season Recap & Dry Curing Meats

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11/22/23 • 173 min

Year of Plenty Podcast

This episode is a Foodies Roundtable conversation on the Year of Plenty Podcast. Host, Poldi Wieland, and his partner Lindey sit down with fellow foodies and friends, Chef Will Morton, Chef Tyler McManus, and Chef Shay Helm for a fun and entertaining conversation.

Episode Overview:

Shay’s grandma’s secret bison heart stroganoff recipe that he cooked for the crew
Our hunting successes and failures during the 2023 Montana Big Game Season
Unique cuts from wild game animals, like tri-tip, flat iron steaks, osso buco, and more.
Tips and tricks for making your own dry-cured meats, including salami
A sampling of Chef Will’s specialty vinegar and Chef Tyler’s specialty craft beers that they brought for everyone to taste
Chef Will's new kitchen project for food entrepreneurs around Bozeman
Forever chemicals found in venison meat in some midwestern states
Hedgehog mushroom foraging and cooking insights
Grizzly bear overpopulation in Montana

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Episode Overview:

Shay’s grandma’s secret bison heart stroganoff recipe that he cooked for the crew
Our hunting successes and failures during the 2023 Montana Big Game Season
Unique cuts from wild game animals, like tri-tip, flat iron steaks, osso buco, and more.
Tips and tricks for making your own dry-cured meats, including salami
A sampling of Chef Will’s specialty vinegar and Chef Tyler’s specialty craft beers that they brought for everyone to taste
Chef Will's new kitchen project for food entrepreneurs around Bozeman
Forever chemicals found in venison meat in some midwestern states
Hedgehog mushroom foraging and cooking insights
Grizzly bear overpopulation in Montana

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Wild Mushroom Preservation, Fun Local Food Kitchen Projects & Reimagining Our Food Journey with Chef Lorenzo Tavani

This episode is a conversation with Lorenzo Tavani. Lorenzo is a chef, forager, gardener, and all-around health nut. After attending culinary school and pursuing a career as a personal trainer, he has worked various jobs in the food system. From regenerative to professional kitchens, and a family-owned slaughterhouse, Lorenzo has taken a deep dive into where our food comes from. His mission is to empower you to cook more healthy food at home and build a deeper connection with your food system.
Episode Overview:

Why Lorenzo got into cooking and what turned him off about the industrialized restaurant environment that motivated him to forge his own path as a private chef
The importance of having a story behind a food ingredient and how that can help us build a deeper connection with our food
Fast food doesn’t have to be bad. It’s all about the ingredients
The issue with grocery stores and how they changed our relationship with food over the last century
Lornzo’s experience at the Midwest Wild Harvest Festival, where he cooked with Forager Chef, Alan Bergo
Wild Mushroom preservation, how to make mushroom conserva and level up your broths
Making Nocino, a traditional italian liqueur, out of local, foraged black walnuts
Curing egg yolks to make simple egg yolk candy (no sugar needed)
And a bunch of other foodie-centric topics

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Nourishing the Land and People: The Microbial Magic of Korean Natural Farming with Chris Trump

This episode is a conversation with Chris Trump, who is an organic farmer and Korean Natural Farming consultant. Chris helps farmers around the world implement Korean Natural Farming solutions to create beautiful and healthy farmland as well as more nutrient-dense crops. For 12 years, Chris studied under and traveled with Master Cho who is the founder of Korean Natural Farming. Since then, Chris became the first in the world to apply Natural Farming Solutions large-scale—not only on his family's farm but with clients worldwide.

Episode Overview:

Korean Natural Farming and its Core Principles
Korean Natural Farming vs Conventional Farming Methods
Chris’s journey and how he and his family saved their 800-acre macadamia nut farm
How Korean Natural Farming creates healthier and more nutrient-dense crops
Scaling Korean Natural Farming solutions on large farming operations
Current challenges with scaling Korean Natural Farming
Using IMO (indigenous microorganisms) to supercharge soil health
Practical ways you can incorporate Korean Natural Farming in your garden or homestead

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https://www.biomei.solutions/
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