Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 11 – Mead, Part 2: The Sobering

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The boys sober up and continue their talk on one of mankind’s oldest alcoholic creations. Including step by step instructions on fermenting your own mead, recipes, flavouring ideas and what to avoid when entering into the mead community. Shawn also laments shopping for his wife in the liquor store and shows some love for the original Iron Chef Japan.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Make Mead Like a Viking by Jereme Zimmer: https://www.amazon.ca/Make-Mead-Like-Viking-Wild-Fermented/dp/1603585982#:~:text=In%20Make%20Mead%20Like%20a,not%20only%20uncomplicated%20but%20fun.

Middle Mountain Mead: https://middlemountainmead.com/

Wardruna: A Norwegian Folk Metal group that uses traditional instruments: https://www.wardruna.com/

Original Iron Chef Japan on Youtube: Big love to Eevee EVP, Sidney Greenwood and Xacred for keeping my Nostalgia alive!

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 10 – Mead, Part 1: The Drunkening

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Our heros crack open the good stuff and talk all about Simon’s favourite fermenting project: Making mead at home! Learn how to mix honey, yeast and water to form earth’s oldest booze and laugh as the boys slowly realize they’ve been drunkenly rambling for an hour and they’re not even halfway done. Cheers!

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Simon’s Small Mead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQwfmjmVvs&t=16s

Simon’s Mead Making Made Simple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT54-0Dx0zg

Simon’s Sweetness and Alcohol Content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbfKFeTIRY

Simon’s mead Horn: https://jelldragon.com/asatru-pagan-supplies/glass-drinking-horn-with-iron-stand/

My mead corner https://photos.app.goo.gl/nJC8n9TmCUVXGiHV9

Parallel 49’s “Peach Bod” Sparkling Peach Ale.

Everything Everywhere All At Once!    

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 09 – Garlic

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An ode to our favourite aromatic! In this episode Simon and Shawn dive deep into the pungent world of garlic with recipes, stories, quotes, tips, afros and tricks for healthy skin, meatball bouncing contests and even some amateur effects work.

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Music by John Palmer

Additional Music by Dee-Yan Kee via the Free Music Archive

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Glorious Gartsin Garlic by Shawn Galway for Edible vancouver Island Magazine: https://ediblevancouverisland.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/glorious-garstin-garlic

Alexis Soyer’s Shilling Cookery for the People: https://www.amazon.ca/Soyers-Shilling-Cookery-People-Alexis-ebook/dp/B009Y4ZM88

Spruce Tips: https://foragerchef.com/spruce-tips/

Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential: https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Confidential-Updated-Adventures-Underbelly/dp/0060899220

David Rocco’s Dolce Vita: https://davidrocco.com/portfolio/shows-list-drdv/

Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers Documentary by Les Blank NOT Baz Luhrmann (1980): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/garlic

Merville Garlic Festival: http://mervillehall.ca/major-events/garlic-festival/

40 Cloves and a Chicken by Alton Brown: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/40-cloves-and-a-chicken-recipe-1910661

Xo Soused Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/xo-soused/id1566932756

The God Of Cookery (1996): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116426/

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 08 – Meal Planning and Other Tips

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Now that you’ve brought home your groceries how are you going to make the most of them? Shawn and Simon tear open those grocery bags and organize your world, plus tips and tricks for stretching leftovers and lots of love for Ethiopian cuisine.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

The Hu: https://www.thehuofficial.com/

In Bibi’s Kitchen: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/606399/in-bibis-kitchen-by-hawa-hassan-with-julia-turshen/9781984856739

Morphine: https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/09/14/morphine-boston-band-cure-for-pain

The Comet Is Coming: https://www.thecometiscoming.co.uk/

Sesame Pickled Burdock Root: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/sesame-pickled-burdock-root/

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