#137 - Your Questions: Handling Social Food Obligations, Children and Ancestral Foods, and more
Ancestral Kitchen
Every month we ask our supporters to send us their questions so we can tackle them on a special podcast called kitchen table chats, which is shared exclusively with our supporters as a special bonus and a thank you for keeping the podcast on the air for all our beloved listeners around the world.
In these episodes we are much more informal and perhaps a bit more forward than we are in the main feed.
In the summer, it has become our tradition to take one or two of these episodes and post them to the main feed so you can step in and enjoy this casual, more intimate time with us. Many of our supporters tell us these are their favorite episodes, maybe because sometimes we get a little bit obnoxious and opinionated.
In this episode we answered questions from Hannah, Brittney and Ella, four questions in all. We tackled how to handle potlucks and events where you share food with others, and others share food with you? We talked about how to help children adjust or transition to ancestral food, and do we have thoughts on bringing ancestral food to the plates of foster children that may be in our homes? We also discussed the fun question, how did we meet? Lastly we talked about attending social obligations with young children, with all of the junk food and potential scenes that can come from repeatedly telling children they cannot have all of the good things being put in front of them or even handed to them by well-meaning people. There is also a lot more in this episode including discussion of good books we have been reading, and several good titles we recommend; Alison’s quick pancakes; and a contribution from our supporter Rebekah, the most interesting cock-a-leekie soup!
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What We Talked About:
Welcome to our 50th KTC episode!!!
Cock-a-Leekie Soup from Rebekah
November's KTC Live Zoom call with podcast supporters
Alison's quick pancakes
Hodmedods and YQ Wheat - another wheat Rob can have?
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
The November KTC 49 recording of Andrea with 3 other ancestral moms - referenced several times in this episode
Alison's recording with Marcos Patchett, Episode 119
Plus, the Kitchen Table Chats private podcast aftershow with Marcos Patchett
Feminism Against Progress by Mary Harrington
Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes (not on Bookshop)
The Happy Dinner Table by Anna Migeon (not on Bookshop)
Cindy Rollins' podcast: The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins
First Catch Your Gingerbread by Sam Bilton
Against the Machine group read-along
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