Free The Animal

Cousin Adam went bird hunting. Chukar and Pheasant. And then on the table, same day. Says he: “Paprika, salt, pepper, cayanne; red and green bell peppers; onion; white wine, and chicken stock. Brown the bird, sauté the veggies, add stock, wine and simmer uncovered to reduce. Killed and eaten on the same day!”

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Time to see what some others out there are preparing. First up is something I know a lot of you have seen around the general low-carb website Intertubes. It’s The Bacon Explosion. This is a bit more involved than The Bacon and Cheese Roll. Frankly, I never had much interest in doing either of those. I’m not eating cheese except as a spice nowadays, and while I do eat bacon and quality made sausage (no Jimmy Dean), the thing just didn’t appeal to me. Now, reader Jessica has changed that for me and I do believe I’ll give it a go. She made it much more palatable in my opinion. She emails: For my Paleo version, I mixed 1 lb course ground beef and 1 lb ground pork with some fennel, sage, oregano, S&P, and used that for the sausage layer. I put olives and cheese in the middle instead of more bacon, and I used a seasoning blend of jamaican jerk spices, chili powder, smoked pimento powder, and a poultry seasoning from Whole Foods that contains red pepper, lavender and mustard seeds. I was going for something spicy, garlicy, a little bit smoky, and salty…It was phenomenal! Next up,…

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A bit busy right now, so let me just round up a bunch of things in one post. You know the drill. Reader Bud sends a link to an article along so that we know that diabetes in America is now costing $200 billion per year. Of course, if this and other similar blogs were “required reading,” costs would drop to under a 10th of that in time. Well, at least we can be grateful that so many generous Americans are so anxiously clamoring to pay for everybody else’s avoidable health problems via “universal healthcare.” Good luck with that. Spending other people’s money is so much fun. Reader Tex says: “As an occasional reader of your ‘old’ libertarian blog, I stumbled upon Free The Animal just a few weeks ago. I’ve found it utterly riveting so far. [...] what you’re putting out there right now makes a lot more sense than most of the health-industry nonsense I’ve endured so far.” Then he asks: “…is there some kind of omnibus post somewhere which offers an introduction/summary to/of your project thus far? Trawling through blog archives isn’t an ideal way to grasp the essentials of what you’re doing.” Answer: In addition to…

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Adam sends this along. Meat & eggs, over some greens. Never thought of putting eggs with greens, but why not? Do you sometimes want something light, different, and a little unconventional for breakfast? Brigitte emails this one.

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Last week I blogged about my brother’s taking of a big mule-deer buck in Utah. Now, here’s what it looks like on the table. He writes: I cooked the Venison in Ghee, instead of the traditional flour coating and bacon grease. I sautéed the shitake mushroom in the Ghee and the vegetables in the coconut oil. On a side note, I discovered that cauliflower is absolutely delicious in the coconut oil. The Tomatoes are Heirloom, with fresh mozzarella, onion, and little olive oil and balsamic. I added a little more Ghee to the pan after cooking to deglaze and then poured over the meat, and it was excellent.

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