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137 Corona Crisis With Johnny of Granola Shotgun

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Podcasts, Preparedness
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...y end. During our conversation we discuss Johnny’s most recent blog post, “Recipes for Disaster,” which covers his tips and tricks for living frugally and being prepared for a crisis. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. Closing theme music by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of...

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Sourdough Pancake Recipe

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Bread, Food, Recipes
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...check out the new way we feed our starter, which wastes a lot less flour. But another answer is to use all that tangy delicious starter to make pancakes. For years we’ve used Nancy Silverton’s recipe. Basically, the starter fills in for the flour and milk used in standard pancake recipes. That’s all there is to it. The only downside to the new way we feed our starter is that I don’t make these delicious sourdough pancakes anymore. You could, of co...

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Seaweed Foraging

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Food, Foraging
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...(Kombu is just the Japanese word for kelp). You can use Kombu in Japanese recipes, as a flavoring in soups and stews, as well as a substitute for Beano. To conveniently harvest Kombu you need three things: Unpolluted water A rocky beach Ultra-low tide (so called “negative” tide) You also need to learn to distinguish between “true” Kombu (Laminaria setchellii) and “false” Kombu (Pterygophora californica). [Editors note: I’m not 100% sure of the sc...

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What to do with not-so-good tomatoes

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Food, Recipes, Tomatoes
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...re that juice and store it with them, because it is tasty and will help them keep moist. Transfer to a covered container and store in the fridge. These can stand in for fresh tomatoes in many recipes. They’re good as a side dish, on pasta or rice dishes, in hearty salads, soups, scrambles or alongside eggs in an English breakfast kind of scenario....

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