#128 - Unprocessed Foods: The Ancestral Pantry

About this episode

The episode discusses the contents of an ancestral pantry and the tools used for food preparation and storage throughout history.

What foods will you find in an ancestral pantry in a modern world kitchen? Today we will share some of the foods we store in our pantries to keep our regional, from-scratch meals on the table on a daily basis, as well as talk about modern tools that help us to turn some inexpensive, bulk raw products into value-added products. We will travel back in time to visit ancient and old pantries and look at what people were eating and how they were storing it, and we will also talk about ancient tools, some of which we still use today. Supporters of the pod can check their private podcast feed for an aftershow where we share some of the foods we used to keep in our pantries “Before” ancestral food; and, everyone can check the show notes here for some of our favorite resources for reading about pantries and food in times past. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here. Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Grains Read our Guide to Milling Your Own Flour Get all three of the podcast cookbooks Wear our beautiful, sustainable merchandise Alison's course, Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering The Basics Alison's Sowans oat fermentation course…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alison Kay, Andrea Huehnerhoff

Topics covered

• ancestral pantry
• unprocessed foods
• regional meals
• food storage
• ancient tools

Keywords

• ancestral foods
• pantry
• bulk raw products
• value-added products
• food history

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