Planet Pantry Nicholas Ronyai

This week we're looking at the fundamentals of rice wine, a staple of many east Asian cultures. Rice wine, like any wine, is filled with nuance and complexity both in flavor and manufacture. There's so much that defines a good rice wine and sake is a great example of many of these finer points  so it makes a great primer for our exploration into the broader category of rice wine. Over the next few weeks, we'll be looking at everything from makgeolli to sake from koji to qu  from awamori to baijiu and we'll even look at rice wine vinegar. So get ready because there's a lot to learn here.
As always, feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, suggestions or whatever else on instagram @planetpantrypod or by email planetpantrypod@gmail.com and don't forget to check out patreon.com/planetpantrypod if you want to support the show and help me to build a community around the pantry staples of the world. 
Here is a great sake recipe that uses store bought koji which you can find at many Asian grocery stores under the brand "cold mountain koji"  https://byo.com/article/making-sake/
Some sources (more upon request, character limit is limiting)
Koji Alchemy by Rich Shih and Jeremy Umansky
Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz
Noma Guide to Fermentation by Renee Redzeppi and David Zilber
Stephen Lyman's talk at Koji Con 2021
The wonderful resources provided by the members of the koji discord server
https://www.truesake.com/pages/sake-types
https://sakeguide.net/articles/2020/10/21/what-is-junmai-sake-1
https://boutiquejapan.com/sake101/#:~:text=Junmai%20is%20the%20Japanese%20word,such%20as%20sugar%20or%20alcohol.
https://www.takarasake.com/sake-brewing-process
https://www.seriouseats.com/sake-yeast-temperature-yeast-strains
https://www.midorinoshima.com/en/content/6-sake-production-process
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/a-brief-history-of-japanese-sake/
http://awamori-news.co.jp/1980_2-26_awamori-kuchi-kami-sake_sake-made-from-rice-or-other-cereal-which-is-chewed-before-fermentation_arakaki-kana/
https://thejapanesebar.com/sake-rice/
https://www.hakushika.co.jp/en/enjoy/Ingredients.html
https://en.sake-times.com/learn/seimaibuai-rice-polishing-rate
https://www.tippsysake.com/pages/sake-guide-lesson-3-types-of-sake
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Aspergillus_oryzae
https://www.thefermentary.com.au/products/tane-koji-to-grow-on-rice
http://www.fao.org/3/x6897e/x6897e05.htm
http://oa.upm.es/47964/1/INVE_MEM_2017_261872.pdf


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This week we continue to look at maple syrup and some amazing stories behind it. We explore the greatest heist in Canadian history, the origins of maple syrup and more! Don't forget to check out planet pantry pod on Instagram and Patreon or email me with questions or whatever else at planetpantrypod@gmail.com. Some Sources (contact for more): https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/sweet-revenge-for-quebec-maple-syrup-producers-thief-gets-five-years-for-role-in-18-7-million-heist


https://globalnews.ca/news/3413782/maple-syrup-theft-sentence/


https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-maple-syrup-theft-from-quebec-warehouse.html


https://theeconreview.com/2019/11/05/sweet-nothings-the-cruel-irony-of-quebecs-maple-syrup-gold-rush/


https://www.vpr.org/programs/2019-04-22/inside-the-global-strategic-maple-syrup-reserve


https://pubs.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/G03274.pdf


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/12/20/why-maple-syrup-is-controlled-by-a-quebec-cartel/


https://www.taxpayer.com/news-room-archive/Quebec%E2%80%99s%20maple%20syrup


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/maple-syrup-heist


https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywnjkv/inside-quebecs-maple-syrup-black-market


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/quebec-maple-syrups-strategic-reserve/article575625/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/richard-vallieres-sentencing-1.4090811

https://www.vicnews.com/news/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-fine-for-massive-maple-syrup-heist/

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/with-burner-phones-and-200k-in-hidden-cash-plot-to-steal-maple-syrup-had-look-of-a-major-drug-deal

https://www.maplefarmers.com/blogs/call-of-the-maple/reverse-osmosis-and-maple-syrup

https://birchbasketcatering.com/




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In this week's episode we begin to explore maple syrup. I learn about the origins of it in pre Colombian North America, I reckon with my image of Canada and with my education on indigenous culture as a kid. We also learn about one of nature's miracles in how sap is produced in trees and we look at the history of the Haudenosaunee. We got a little off track this week as I broke down my view of how indigenous history is taught and how that affected my image of maple syrup. But next week we'll pick back up on a regular release day (wednesday) with a look at all the other parts of the maple syrup story.

As always, if you have any corrections, questions, suggestions or anything else, feel free to reach out to me on instagram @planetpantrypod or by email at planetpantrypod@gmail.com. And below you'll find some of the sources used in research this episode. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q__T8_zHSrs (magic school bus)

https://www.thetreecenter.com/what-is-tree-sap/

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_xylemphloem.html

https://www.soiladvocates.ca/maple-vs-birch-syrup/

https://botanistinthekitchen.blog/2013/03/18/maple-syrup-mechanics/

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/destinations/state_parks/maplesyrup_how.pdf

https://www.sfu.ca/brc/online_exhibits/masks-2-0/the-potlatch-ban.html

https://www.onondaganation.org/history/

https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/ThePeacemakerAndTheTreeOfPeace-Iroquois.html

https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/historical-life-as-a-haudenosaunee/housing/

https://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/hiawatha-belt/

https://i36466.wixsite.com/learninglonghouse/peacemaker

https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/clan-system/

https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/who-we-are/

https://www.ontario.ca/page/six-nations-grand-river

https://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/when-is-the-best-time-for-sugarmakers-to-tap-their-maple-trees




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This week we're learning about horseradish and wasabi. These two amazing plants have evolved to what they are today completely independent from each other on opposite sides of the world and today they serve similar purposes while also maintaining their own unique value in their homelands. They both have their own interesting stories and we explore them this week while also explaining some misconceptions. 

If you have any notes, corrections, ideas for future episodes or anything else hit me up on instagram @planetpantrypod or by email at planetpantrypod@gmail.com Also consider supporting the show on patreon at www.patreon.com/planetpantrypod you'll get some extra content and access to our discord server where we're trying to build a community around pantry staples

Some of the sources used in this episode (If you want to know where I got something, I'm sure we can find it together)

https://horseradish.org/horseradish-facts/horseradish-history/

https://www.kinjirushi.co.jp/english/wasabi/history/

https://www.pepperscale.com/pepper-heat-vs-horseradish-heat/

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6058-keeping-the-kick-in-fresh-horseradish

https://biomedicalephemera.tumblr.com/post/37988843128/when-is-a-pepper-not-a-pepper-have-you-ever

https://volumeone.org/articles/2010/07/15/201554-the-chippewa-valleys-horseradish-rival

https://sciencemeetsfood.org/history-spicy-food/

https://volumeone.org/articles/2010/07/15/201554-the-chippewa-valleys-horseradish-rival

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-29082091

https://www.makesushi.com/real-wasabi-paste/

https://www.stlmag.com/history/st-louis-sage/why-is-southern-illinois-the-horseradish-capital-of-the-worl/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4253036?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.banjo.co.jp/en/experience/kind#:~:text=Broadly%20speaking%2C%20there%20are%20two,western%E2%80%9D%20wasabi%20or%20horseradish).

https://www.oakhillgardens.com/blog/how-to-grow-wasabi


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This week we look at cardamom, the queen of spices and her history. There's a lot to unpack here and the way that cardamom has evolved as a commodity and the way it's sold today is pretty representative of a lot of problems with our food systems in general but there's an optimistic end in sight. There are lots of good ways of getting better quality cardamom and we look at how some people are changing these industries, which often suffer from left overs of their colonial roots. 

As always, feel free to reach out with any notes, corrections, ideas for episodes or anything else by email: planetpantrypod@gmail.com or on instagram @planetpantrypod and also check out the patreon where I post extra content and attempt to build a community around pantry staples on our accompanying discord server. 

Some sources and useful links (Let me know if you want to know where I got a specific piece of information)

Diaspora Co. (Get some spices!) https://www.diasporaco.com/

https://www.diasporaco.com/blogs/journal/a-bittersweet-cardamom-harvest?_pos=2&_sid=85aa75233&_ss=r

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317545657_Cardamon_cultivation_and_forest_biodiversity_in_northwest_Vietnam/link/5954695c0f7e9b2da1b04e52/download

https://www.heifer.org/blog/rooted-in-racism-cardamom.html

https://civileats.com/2018/12/17/dollar-stores-are-taking-over-the-grocery-business-and-its-bad-news-for-public-health-and-local-economies/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/197621/annual-grocery-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/

http://www.tkdl.res.in/tkdl/langdefault/ayurveda/Ayu_Principles.asp?GL=

https://theayurvedaexperience.com/blogs/tae/cardamom-benefits-uses-side-effects

https://anothermusicinadifferentkitchen.com/massaman-curry-paste/

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a9cfbc9e11f04a79885521bc559c9815

https://wholespice.com/blog/tag/white-cardamom/

https://books.google.com/books?id=G9x-8pK3K64C&pg=PA136#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ja7WAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA216#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=5WY08iuJyawC&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false


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This week we go into teff, teff flour and injera. We focus quite a bit on the history of Ethiopia, the focus this week is making sure that as we embrace a new wave of Ethiopian/Eritrean food in the west, we can do so with some historical context and respect. This was a tough one, there's a lot of information to pack into a short episode and although I took some extra time on this one, there are still many gaps and I encourage you to check out some of the links below to learn more.

Tarik Podcast https://tarikpodcast.carrd.co/

Help Tigray https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/ethiopias-tigray-crisis-how-to-help/

Italo- Abbysinian War https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/italo-abyssinian-war-1889-1896/

More on Teff https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/_migrated/uploads/tx_news/Tef_Eragrostis_tef__Zucc.__Trotter_279.pdf

Injera Recipe https://teffco.com/traditional-injera/

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