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By Nick LaDieu
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Preserving the Skills and Wisdom of America. Interviews with homesteaders, aquaponics, DIY, brewers, you name it
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Episode 31: My experiences buying local grass fed pasture raised beef. Verdict: It’s awesome! | Hello, my name is Nick LaDieu and I’m a beefaholic. I just can’t get enough of 3.80 cents a pound grass fed pasture raised Angus beef. I just love it and the fever is spreading. I’ve already spread the addiction to many of my friends here in Pittsburgh and I want to share it with you now. Excuse #1: I don’t have time to cook. Your not going to the grocery store to shop for meat anymore and I bet that consumes a lot more time than you realize. Guess what? You can still eat fast food. That’s right! I eat fast food 5 or 6 times a week. In fact just yesterday I had 2 burritos from McLaDieu’s freezer section. One grass fed bean and beef burrito and one pasture raised pork sausage and free range egg burrito. It even featured some jalapeno peppers grown right in my backyard! I got home from work late (9:30pm!!) and threw them right in a microwave just like the ones from the gas station. McLaDieu’s also features beef and barley soup, grass fed Angus and venison stew. Ham, sausage and egg casserole and a bunch of other nifty meals ready to go. The chef (Nick LaDieu) told me it took him about 3 hours on a Saturday to make 40 bean and beef burritos. To make beef stew was just about 40 minutes of prep (chopping vegetables mainly) and throw it in a crock pot or cast iron dutch oven. McLaDieu’s sources his grains from his local food co-op who can order them in bulk for him. So convenient! Excuse #2: I don’t have a chest freezer. This one is easy. Go get one! What the hell… your not even trying to come up with a valid excuse here. You can even get small chest freezers that could easily fit in an apartment. Let’s be a bit more creative with the excuses people. You will not regret this decision. Excuse #3 I can’t afford to buy groceries so I have to eat all fast food. Ok, this is a tricky one and I’ll drop the jokey tone to address this one. I truly feel for people who don’t have means to get good healthy food for their families, however for the vast majority of people there are a few other factors going on. One factor is lack of knowledge, I’d like to believe this is the major factor and that if people knew how much money they could save by eating something like grass fed beef that they would switch over immediately. I think most people are stuck in the “buy as you go” model of consuming and look at a place like whole foods and say “I can’t afford that stuff”… hell most people can’t!! The “elephant in the room” is most people are too lazy to cook and their mindset and priorities are too mainstream to even process the idea of buying 150 pounds of cow. Sorry, I have to call it like I see it! This doesn’t have to be you though, you can get yourself some grass fed beef. OK, so you are cash strapped and want to get yourself some grass fed beef. Here are some ideas I have: 1) Look for work share programs that farmers offer 2) Talk to the farmer! Work something out, these people want to sell you their beef and they are wonderful people. 3) Go in with people. Rally the troups and get as much as you can. I tried this year to find people in Pittsburgh to get in on an entire cow but failed. I ended up getting a side again this year, however I’m going to try again next year so I can pay a cheaper price per pound. The more you buy the more you save. 4) Respect the saying “Pay the grocer or pay the doctor” Get your mindset right, learn how to cook, and get yourself some meat! Look at these beef prices from the local giant eagle grocery store: I pay $3.25 hanging (or about $3.80 a pound) for my beef. The only thing I could find in the grocery store that cheap was the 92% lean ground beef and that weird beef “stuff” that comes in the tube. You know, the kind with the ammonia washed pink slime mixed in (YUM!!) Excuse #4 Bla Bla Bla…. I don’t want to [...] | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30: Hunting deer from the view point of an absolute beginner | This episode is all about my experience hunting deer. It is the viewpoint of an absolute beginner and it is just my experience and is very personal to me. You may experience better, different, or worse results. One thing I forgot to mention: I got to see this tool used: Butt Out and all I can say is it is going into my kit. Wow that thing just took the intestine out with such ease I could not believe what I was seeing. Worth every penny of the about $10 you will spend on it. Links: Beginner’s Guide to hunting deer for food Mora Swedish Knife Gut it, Cut it, Cook it (A MUST OWN!!) Russian Mosin Nagant Mosin Soft Point Hunting Ammo This is one of the 2 deer I managed to harvest The Butchering the first deer with the help of a local butcher! Mike butchering a deer Meat Pile before packing Fruits of our labor. This is before splitting it with Mike | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29 – The Backyard Pioneer | Backyard Pioneer Website: The Backyard Pioneer https://www.facebook.com/TheBackyardPioneer Skills Sauerkraut Ice Box Pickles Dutch Oven Lacto Fermented Radishes Sourdough Biscuits | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28: Craig Cole joins us to talk about getting starting with Bush Craft | Craig’s Knife Becker BK7 Craig on the web http://outdoorpodcast.com/ http://www.facebook.com/outdoorpodcast http://www.youtube.com/user/outdoorpodcast Craig’s Youtube Subscription list: http://www.youtube.com/user/Back2DaBasix Back 2 Da Basix http://www.youtube.com/user/BushcraftOnFire Bushcraft on Fire http://www.youtube.com/user/Nativesurvival Native Survival http://www.youtube.com/user/wildernessoutfitters The Pathfinder School | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27:Basic Home Beer Brewing with Bryan Vandenheuvel | Bryan has been brewing beer for awhile as a means to circumvent the high prices of beer where he lives. In this podcast we learn how brewing your own beer is an economical choice if you enjoy the taste of a nice craft brew. Bryan is a blogger and he breaks down the process at his website here: http://thecityhomestead.blogspot.com/p/home-brew.html Resources http://www.northernbrewer.com/ http://www.happymountain.net/ The Alaskan Bootlegger’s Bible | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26: Vermi-composting with Bentley From RedWormComposting.com | First of all Thank you to everyone who sent me love and support during some life changing events I’ve had recently. If your interested you can keep up with me on the SOS facebook page http://www.facebook.com/saveourskills This past May I was lucky enough to talk to Bentley from Red Worm Composting Vermiculture, however when life got in the way I never got around to posting it. So I hope you enjoy this. Use code “saveourskills” for 10% off your worm order Click here to buy worms Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheCompostGuy Setting up a basic worm bin Bentley has over 30 videos on his channel so it’s worth a look and a subscribe. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25: Basic Leatherworking with Jason from lenwoodleather.com | Jason from lenwoodleather.com has put together an incredible deal! 20% off all custom leatherwork and handmade leather items. Just call and mention “Save Our Skills” and you will get the discount. This discount is valid until May 31st so please consider getting your order in soon! Shop now at the “Save Our Skills” lenwood leather store: Direct link to SOS store: http://www.lenwoodleather.com/sos/ Pasword: nick After May 31st Jason is generously offering 10% off all leather work for the remainder of 2011. In today’s epsiode we learn how Jason got his start in leather-working and how he has grown the hobby into a business. Resources for today’s podcast: www.tandyleatherfactory.com http://springfieldleather.com/store/ http://www.weaverleather.com/ http://www.lenwoodleather.com/ | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24: I’m a p**s poor woodsman among other things | I run through some backpacking mishaps and a few frustrating events at the homestead. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23: The birds and the bees… ok actually just the bees | Today I rant for about 20 minutes on bee keeping with my pal Jon Martinez. The original podcast we thought we recorded was about 1 hour and 20 minutes, however for some reason the last hour was just blank!! Someone has it out for me this week! I figured I would put it out there anyway just to salvage something out of this. Hope you enjoy the little information I was able to get out there. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SOS Episode 22 – Updates from my homestead | Just because I haven’t been posting doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping busy. I just wanted to get you guys up to date on some of my homesteading efforts. Mushroom Inoculation Bee keeping Lawn Tractor Repair Etc | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21 – HarvestEating.com | Today we talk to Chef Keith Snow from HarvestEating.com I forgot to mention on the Podcast that you can get a nice little discount on his membership program over at The Survival Podcast website by just clicking on the banner there. We talk about why we think eating seasonally and locally is important including Selecting the right culinary tools How to buy quality ingredients and avoid junk Why seasonal eating will be more important in the future due to rising fuel… build your skillset now How to mix eating with a busy lifestyle and much more! Make sure to also check out Harvest Eating on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HarvestEating | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20- My Year 2 Garden Questions with Jason Akers | Jason is the Self Sufficient Gardener. You can find him here: http://theselfsufficientgardener.com/ http://huntgathergroweat.com/ | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19 -First Year Gardener Commentary | Announcements The Survival Channel is in the works SOS 2.0 Lots more coming … so stay tuned!! News from the Homestead Why you should never completely trust any guru. Use your head. Bee Keeping Mentor – An important thing if you want to keep bees How to trim grape vines going into year 2 Why I think chicken tractors are swell First Year Garden Enhanced fruit growth decimates my plum tree I’m ok with buying soil your first year if that is what you want. Square foot garden is a highly accessible method for year one gardeners. It is great for getting people to catch the bug. How my corn was a failure Pole bean madness… wrapped around everything How an acorn squash plant killed about 1/3 of my crops and more… | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18 – News from the homestead and theoutdoorpodcast.com | Today’s podcast is a quick homestead update. I tell you about my plans for chickens and ask for a bit of help, we talk about some consideration when using maple for growing shiitake and finally I ask you very nicely to rate me in itunes. I also remind you that I’m busy making plans for SOS 2.0 and thesurvivalchannel.com (so forgive the slow down in posts) After that I have included a copy of Craig Cole’s podcast. He interviewed me about my climb up mt. Rainier. If you are into fishing, hunting, kayaking, biking, climbing, etc then consider listening to the theoutdoorpodcast.com | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17: The Sustainable Suburban Home | I had the pleasure of interviewing Jamie Doyle from Sustainable Suburban Home This is a new blog he is literally just launching this week. We got him on the podcast to discuss and event which shaped his life and made him realize that he needed to have a level of self sufficiency in his life and then we discuss his plans to build out a 1/4 acre suburban lot into a homestead. Please consider subscribing to Jaimie’s blog and also connecting with him on facebook here I’d love to get his blog off to a running start by getting his fan count up to at least 40 by the end of the week, so if you think this is something worth supporting consider giving him a “like” Also I’ve had it with skype. the audio quality is terrible and I have to mess with the MP3s for hours. It actually comes out decent if I do skype to skype, but if I record a call from skype to a normal telephone it sucks. I did the best I could to clean it up. I’m too busy to record my commercials and put my music on it so I’m putting it up there for you guys. I hope you enjoy it and please if you want to come on the podcast just drop me a line. | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
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