032: The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking with Judson Carroll

Food is at the heart of every life, every home and every community, but sadly that fact has slowly been forgotten over many decades of progress in the centralized and industrialized food systems in America.  Replaced by processed, adulterated and factory farmed foods, many of the traditions of the American food culture have not only been forgotten, but in many cases outright shunned.

Well today I welcome back Judson Carroll, a true American omnivore who not only has a passion for eating and cooking a variety of foods, but has shared that knowledge and passion with the world through his recent book “The Omnivore’s Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else”

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

* Judson’s story of learning to cook from his Grandmother

* The basics of how to raise snails for food and the fact that their eggs are very similar to caviar

* The decline of the family table and community meals

* The loss of food culture and traditions in America

* The value of eating as seasonally and locally as possible for the best possible health

* The possibilities offered by eating small game such as groundhog, which can be compared to high quality pork

* The diversity of edible aquatic species and the folly of the designation of some species as “trash fish”

* The inherent prejudices developed by many against eating certain foods and how/why that has come to be

* A little history of soup in America

* Some tips and tricks for home fermentation including some great recipe ideas like fermented hot sauce and “redneck kimchi”

VISIT JUDSON'S SUBSTACK:

https://judsoncarroll.com

LISTEN TO JUDSON'S SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HERBS PODCAST:

APPLE:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/southern-appalachian-herbs/id1540427015

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NBHEtJe8IXmlnFvCdmDox

BUY JUDSON'S COOKBOOK:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2