Episode 95: St Thomas & the Ends of Labor, Part 1

A Meatsmith Harvest

In this episode, we chat about our new baby, our kids keeping the fast, Easter week, St Thomas Aquinas's 'all knowledge comes through the senses' and De Regno, and reason vs. instinct.

Announcements:

• Come to the last 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class of the season, 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/

• Our one and only St Martinmas Goose Harvest class will be November 15-16. Just eight students will transform a small flock into undiluted goods for the family table through the culinary traditions of the premodern peasant. The goal of this earnest, hands-on course is to impart the actual virtue of goose provender, from kill to confit. Sign up today at https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/martinmas-goose-harvest/.

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Timestamps/Topics for Episode 95:

0:00 We're about to have a baby

3:00 Our kids are keeping the Feast

5:24 Slaughtering a lamb for Easter Week

12:55 In every account of the Resurrection, they're preparing and eating food

22:00 Homeschooling at the dinner table

27:54 St Thomas Aquinas on manual labor

29:00 Family Pig & our most potent sense: touch

42:09 De Regno (On Kingship) by St Thomas Aquinas - Reason vs. instinct

Links for Episode 95:

• Marian Caskets https://www.mariancaskets.com/
• De Regno (On Kingship) by Thomas Aquinas https://a.co/d/avI7RAG
• Dick Proenneke - One Man's Alaska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGf6306beyM
• 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