#123 - Celebrating Real Pork - History, Sourcing & A Mouth-Watering Recipe Book

Sausages, bacon, crackling – good pork can be heavenly food. But both of us know that, sometimes, in the ancestral food world, pork is viewed as the poorer cousin to grass-fed beef or pastured chicken. That needn't be the case and this episode will put real pork where it deserves to be - at the centre of our plates. We'll give you some fascinating history bites, we'll talk about how the Industrial Revolution changed mainstream pigs, and we will lay out how buying real, pastured, pork is a positive, health-giving and delicious choice for you and those you love. Expect to be inspired by hearing us talk about the many ways we cook the products of the pig, from the nose to the tail. This episode is accompanied by a fabulous pork cookbook which we've gifted, as a thank you, to all our current supporters. So if you're a supporter do go check your email. The book, with over 25 pork recipes is also available to buy from the podcast's shop, you purchasing a copy will be directly supporting Andrea and I to continue this work. Find it here: Pastured Pork Cookbook * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * One Earth Health make the grass-fed organ supplements we use and trust. Get 15% off your first order here and 5% off all subsequent orders here . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 Visit our (non-Amazon!) bookshop: US here and UK here . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Come join the podcast community! You can select from a variety of levels with benefits including monthly live calls, a private podcast feed stuffed with bonus content, and a Discord discussion group Find out more here! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you love the show, leave us a 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts: Open the Apple Podcast app and find Ancestral Kitchen Podcast in your library Scroll down to 'ratings and reviews', click on 'write a review', give us 5*s and then tell us why you love listening * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Resources: The new oat recipe download How to Render Lard in a Slow Cooker Pane con Ciccioli (lard crackling bread) 7 Ways to Use Lard (& a Lard Crackling Spread Recipe) How to Make Lardo (Italian Cured Pig Fat) at Home Slovakian Lard Crackling Biscuits from Naomi at almostbananas.net Eating to Extinction Episode 29 - True Historical Italian Food Episode 33 - The Fats We Love, The Fats We Leave Episode 38 - Fat Rendering, Traditional Food Gems & Eggs, Eggs, Eggs! Episode 49 - Traditional Slovakian Food Episode 23 - Traditional Slovakian Pig Butchery The roast pork crackling recipe Alison loves Do you have memories, documents, recipes or stories of those who cooked ancestrally? Visit our website here for how to share The podcast has a website here! Stay in touch with Alison via her newsletter at Ancestral Kitchen The podcast is on You Tube here The podcast is mixed and the music created by Alison's husband, Rob. Find him here: Robert Michael Kay

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#123 - Celebrating Real Pork - History, Sourcing & A Mouth-Watering Recipe Book is an episode from Ancestral Kitchen by Alison Kay & Andrea Huehnerhoff.

This episode is 01:41:38 long.

This episode was published on Jan 5, 2026.

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