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In episode 93, we chat with Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute about the music in our home, Thomistic philosophy, 'coming to farming' for the food, the spiritual parfait of Grace and Nature, textual references to 'The Good Life,' and why the rural life is the best way to obtain the necessary bodily goods.
 
Announcements:
Come to a 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class, April 25-27, May 2-4, or May 16-18, where you will use only your hands to turn two pigs into kitchen-sized pork cures, cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/  
Come to a 3-Day Family Lamb Harvest class, June 20-22 or October 3-5, where you will use only your hands to turn four sheep into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The main difference between the Family Lamb and Family Pig is the skinning of sheep. Removing the hide from sheep, deer, elk, etc, ought to be learned by hand for an efficient and satisfying harvest. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/  
Meatsmith Membership A gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the coupon code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up today at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.  
Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.  
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 93:
0:00 Denying proper tools for music & the kitchen
8:49 The promise of flavor is nutrition 
11:15 Introducing our guest Dr. Richard Meloche & Thomistic philosophy
16:34 Why we call it The Family Pig & household economy
25:25 St Thomas Aquinas's works & farm philosophy
35:30 The camaraderie of The Family Pig
40:45 How we met Dr. Meloche & 'coming to farming' for the food
55:26 The spiritual parfait of Grace and Nature
1:05:16 Textual references to 'The Good Life' & necessary bodily goods
1:12:51 Why the rural life is the best way to obtain the necessary bodily goods
1:22:40 Cookbooks written about peasant agriculture traditions 
1:30:11 Living a rural life not out of fear
 
Links for Episode 93:
Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute https://alcuininstitute.org/author/richardmeloche  Pope Leo XIII in an encyclical, "When you attempt to understand something outside of the influence of its causes, you lose that thing." https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals.html William Cobbett https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/142509.William_Cobbett?from_search=true&from_srp=true De Regno (On Kingship) by Thomas Aquinas https://a.co/d/avI7RAG The Importance of the Rural Life by Fr George Speltz https://a.co/d/ggbxC6P Aristotle's "Politics" https://a.co/d/65Gh41g John Senior https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630951.John_Senior Elizabeth Luard https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/124062.Elisabeth_Luard Jane Grigson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/226917.Jane_Grigson?from_search=true&from_srp=true

In this episode, we chat about affection for extraneous livestock, raising longhorns for our classes, how temperament is the most important thing with cows, harvesting a cow out of a ditch, culling fencing jumping cows (and their horns), and Wallace's Three Hearts Pilgrimage. 
 
Announcements:
Come to the 2-Day The Art of Foie Gras class in Louisiana this January 19-20. You'll learn the art of goose harvesting from Brandon and the art of gavage from Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://backwaterfoiegras.com/foiegrasclass  
Come to a 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class, April 25-27, May 2-4, or May 16-18, where you will use only your hands to turn two pigs into kitchen-sized pork cures, cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/  
Come to a 3-Day Family Lamb Harvest class, June 20-22 or October 3-5, where you will use only your hands to turn four sheep into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The main difference between the Family Lamb and Family Pig is the skinning of sheep. Removing the hide from sheep, deer, elk, etc, ought to be learned by hand for an efficient and satisfying harvest. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/  
Meatsmith Membership A gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the coupon code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up today at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.  
Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.  
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 92:
0:00 Affection for extraneous livestock
4:39 Longhorns for our beef classes
6:30 Temperament is the most important
8:04 Harvesting a cow out of a ditch
13:03 Fence jumping cows
20:26 Harvesting the cow & horns
27:00 Blowing the horn
28:38 Wallace's Three Hearts Pilgrimage
33:11 Cull your fence-jumping animals
 
 Links for Episode 92:
Three Hearts Pilgrimage https://www.threeheartspilgrimage.org/ Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey https://clearcreekmonks.org/ Greg Judy - regenerative rancher https://www.youtube.com/@gregjudyregenerativerancher  
Thank you, Patrons!
Ellen Bloomfield, Monica Allen, Will Eichler, Tim Jones, Dennis M Carlson, Matthew Klimczak, Nate Crown, Tim Colton, Jeremy Wood, Warren Lund, Dohrman Farm, Ps42, Danielle, Alan Fortini-Campbell, Meghan Hickman
Become a Patron by going to Patreon.com/meatsmith.

In this episode, we chat about the time of year to harvest pigs, the Mangalitza pig breed, our longhorn escapade, fast vs. slow stitch animals, and extraneous livestock. 
 
Announcements:
Come to the 2-Day The Art of Foie Gras class in Louisiana this January 19-20. You'll learn the art of goose harvesting from Brandon and the art of gavage from Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://backwaterfoiegras.com/foiegrasclass  
Our Fall classes have SOLD OUT. Come to a 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class, April 25-27, May 2-4, or May 16-18, where you will use only your hands to turn two pigs into kitchen-sized pork cures, cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/  
Come to a 3-Day Family Lamb Harvest class, June 20-22 or October 3-5, where you will use only your hands to turn four sheep into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The main difference between the Family Lamb and Family Pig is the skinning of sheep. Removing the hide from sheep, deer, elk, etc, ought to be learned by hand for an efficient and satisfying harvest. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/  
Meatsmith Membership A gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the coupon code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up today at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.  
Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.  
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 91:
0:00 Intro & Family Pig classes
3:52 THE time of year to harvest pigs
6:13 Mangalitza pigs
11:51 Our Longhorn escapade
26:56 Fast vs slow twitch animals
30:38 Extraneous livestock
 
Thank you, Patrons!
Ellen Bloomfield, Monica Allen, Will Eichler, Tim Jones, Dennis M Carlson, Matthew Klimczak, Nate Crown, Tim Colton, Jeremy Wood, Warren Lund, Dohrman Farm, Ps42, Danielle, Alan Fortini-Campbell, Meghan Hickman
Become a Patron by going to Patreon.com/meatsmith.

In this episode, we discussed farm tasks that build virtue, our upcoming The Art of Foie Gras class, farming as an art, the myth of "do what you love," what is the Good Life, the burden of abundance, foie gras as preservation, and horses and cows in our future. 
 
Announcements:
Come to the 2-Day The Art of Foie Gras class in Louisiana this January 19-20. You'll learn the art of goose harvesting from Brandon and the art of gavage from Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://backwaterfoiegras.com/foiegrasclass  
Come to a 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class, April 25-27, May 2-4, or May 16-18, where you will use only your hands to turn two pigs into kitchen-sized pork cures, cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/  
Come to a 3-Day Family Lamb Harvest class, June 20-22 or October 3-5, where you will use only your hands to turn four sheep into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The main difference between the Family Lamb and Family Pig is the skinning of sheep. Removing the hide from sheep, deer, elk, etc, ought to be learned by hand for an efficient and satisfying harvest. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/  
Meatsmith Membership A gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the coupon code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up today at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.  
Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.  
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 90:
0:00 Foie gras class & the art of farming
8:09 The myth of, "Do what you love."
17:17 The Good Life
22:55 The burden of abundance
37:00 Why foie gras would develop
43:25 Foie gras as preservation
48:29 Horses & cows in our future
 
 
 Links for Episode 90:
Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Grass https://backwaterfoiegras.com/ The Art of Foie Gras class at Backwater Foie Gras January 19-20. https://backwaterfoiegras.com/foiegrasclass The Third Spiritual Alphabet by Francisco de Osuna https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132629129-the-third-spiritual-alphabet "Only them that has em can loose em." All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32085.All_Creatures_Great_and_Small?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_26 Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute and St. Thomas Aquinas https://alcuininstitute.org/author/richardmeloche https://alcuininstitute.org/writings/musings/thomas-cure-malaise https://alcuininstitute.org/captivate-podcast/aquinas The Importance of the Rural Life: According to the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas A Study in Economic Philosophy by George H Spetz https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18837689-the-importance-of-the-rural-life?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=YIVUsafgXi&rank=1  
Thank you, Patrons!
Ellen Bloomfield, Monica Allen, Will Eichler, Tim Jones, Dennis M Carlson, Matthew Klimczak, Nate Crown, Tim Colton, Jeremy Wood, Warren Lund, Dohrman Farm, Ps42, Danielle, Alan Fortini-Campbell, Meghan Hickman
Become a Patron by going to Patreon.com/meatsmith.

In this episode, we discuss the French monarchy, the difference between power and authority, the history of botulism (or lack thereof), Brandon's aversion to recipes, and our upcoming Art of Foie Gras class with Backwater Foie Gras in Louisiana.  
 
Announcements:
Come to the 2-Day The Art of Foie Gras class in Louisiana this January 19-20. You'll learn the art of goose harvesting from Brandon and the art of gavage from Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://backwaterfoiegras.com/foiegrasclass Come to a 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class, April 25-27, May 2-4, or May 16-18, where you will use only your hands to turn two pigs into kitchen-sized pork cures, cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/ Come to a 3-Day Family Lamb Harvest class, June 20-22 or October 3-5, where you will use only your hands to turn four sheep into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The main difference between the Family Lamb and Family Pig is the skinning of sheep. Removing the hide from sheep, deer, elk, etc, ought to be learned by hand for an efficient and satisfying harvest. Spots are limited to just eight students so as to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/ Meatsmith Membership A gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the coupon code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up today at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/. Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.  
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 89:
0:00 Intro & French monarchy 
16:47 Difference b/w power & authority
21:26 Inspectors & illegality of property tax
31:13 Your virtues are the oversight
35:13 Botulism is a modern occurrence
39:10 Brandon's aversion to recipes
44:11 Foie Gras class in January
 
 Links for Episode 89:
Acadian Flag https://www.usflagsupply.com/historical-flags/historical-american-flags/3-ft.-x-5-ft.-acadian-flag.html La Bannière Louisianaise flag https://newvendee.com/store/p/la-bannire-louisianaise Who's the heir to the French throne? Unknown. There is evidence to suggest that the line of Louis XVI continued through Louis XVII, but mysterious circumstances surround the child-king's imprisonment and potential escape. He was 11 years old when he was imprisoned by the Revolutionary government, and yet a 14-year-old boy was found deceased in his cell. The KNOWN senior Bourbon descendant is Louis Alphonse de Bourbon (if crowned, would be Louis XX) The French monarchy author mentioned is Xavier Reyes-Ayral. The interview between him and Joe McClane can be found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFzKTlXfoJo The current Duke of Anjou is Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, who, as stated above, is the apparent senior Bourbon heir. The term Anjou-ism is seen used by those legitimists (pro-French-monarchy activists) who do not believe that Louis Alphonse is the rightful heir. There are other claimants: https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/French-Facts/Who-are-the-four-rival-claimants-to-the-French-throne The Uprising in the Vendée occurred as a response to Revolutionary incursions into the Vendée, persecution of faithful priests, the murder of Louis XVI, the attempted installation of apostate priests in the parish churches in the Vendé

In this episode, we chat about Gregorian chant; what it is, how it's different from modern music, and how it impacts our lives. 
 
Announcements:
Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith. Come to our 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class this November and December and use your hands to turn four lambs into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The dates are November 16th-18th, November 30th - December 2nd, and December 14th-16th. To keep the hands-on experience undiluted, classes are limited to just eight students. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/ Meatsmith Membership -- a gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films, Brandon's Harvest Journal, and our community FaceBook group. 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.   Timestamps/Topics for Episode 88:
0:00 What is Gregorian chant?
12:00 How Gregorian chant is different from modern music
15:06 You will understand even though it's in Latin
22:48 A different way of singing
32:21 Beauty orders the appetites 
39:48 Chant appeals to the intellect
44:00 Definition of Beauty
51:34 How chant impacts our lives 
1:05:17 Chant in our home
1:11:10 Sound of Music's influence 
 
 Links for Episode 88:
Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life by Peter Kwasniewski https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123001541-good-music-sacred-music-and-silence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hVhG76GNXj&rank=1 Dies Irae - Gregorian Chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OBB5-bP6qs&t=2s The Monks of Norcia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qVBhp_wJM Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary - Requiem album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUVO_gHh6M Monastic Choir Of Our Lady Of Clear Creek Abbey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IseSwHhmLE&list=OLAK5uy_nA_69LfiHPMUAJOt6lOkb-VbTlmnvp_dg Nicholas Lemme - St. John Passion  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gV9LHxkr78 FSSP Requiem Mass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RgzZwlpFA&t=667s Lecture with the definition of Beauty by Fr. Chad Ripperger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSsFn-JaXY&t=996s Timothy Flanders - The Meaning of Catholic https://www.youtube.com/@TheMeaningofCatholic/featured AND The Logos of Music article https://meaningofcatholic.com/2021/10/01/the-logos-of-music/ The Angelous we chant at home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfc3RN-BAw Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary - Learn chant http://www.fsspolgs.org/learn-chant/solfege-introduction/ Sound of Music - Do Re Mi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM Gregorian Chant Academy - https://www.gregorianchantacademy.com/