The Meat Mafia Newsletter #20
The centralization of our farms, Eggs & Cream, and the war we are currently fighting for our children's food
Welcome to Episode #19 of the Meat Mafia Newsletter - buon appetito!
ICYMI: We recorded our first live podcast in front of an audience at the Beef Initiative Summit host at White Oak Pastures! 🥩
ICYMI: 71 Ways to Improve your Health Today
To celebrate hitting 71,000 Sollozzo got a bit crazy and released 71 tactics to get healthier. Any tip on this list can be immediately implemented today!
Quick Hitters:
This graph is a good representation of the centralization of farming and our food supply over the last 100+ years.
Quick Fact: The average age of a U.S. Farmer is about 58 years old.
🥩Recipe of the Week: Not Your Grandma’s Eggs
Our man BowTiedOctopod is always throwing down in the kitchen. He has quickly become one of our most valuable twitter follows. In fact, we hosted him on Episode #89 of the Podcast to share his insights on how to level up your cooking game.
This simple egg and caramelized cream recipe may just be his most diabolical recipe yet. The best part? All you need is eggs, cream (preferably raw!), salt & pepper.
His step-by-step twitter thread below will show you how to perfect this recipe and immediately take your breakfast game to the next level. Enjoy! 🍳
BONUS: Octopod’s substack is loaded with delicious animal-based recipes. Check it out!
Announcing our Newest Podcast Sponsor: Holy Cow Beef!
When we think about where the future of the Meat Mafia, we are extremely conscious of strictly working with companies that are in full alignment with our values.
When we had the opportunity to meet Warren and Ann Weldon at the Beef Initiative Summit a few months ago, we knew we had met a family that embodies our values.
Warren and Ann own Holy Cow Beef, a Grass-fed & Grass Finished ranch based out of Lubbock, Texas. We were blown away by the Weldon’s passion for providing the community with the most nutrient-dense beef possible. Studies have shown Grass-fed & Finished beef to be far more nutritious than Feedlot Beef or even than Pasture-Fed Beef that is grain finished.
Warren has been so influential in the Ranching community that he was part of the original group chosen to help identify the parameters of the Grass-fed label in 2005. In addition, Warren & Ann have been eating an animal-based diet for nearly two decades. They embody the principles that we value and are true “proof of work” that you can maintain amazing health over time.
If you are interested in securing some of Holy Cow’s incredible Angus Beef, please use this link to fill out an order form. In the “comments” section of check out, tell them that the Meat Mafia sent you!
🍽 The War For Our Children's Food
The war for our food continues to rage on, with New York City public schools being the focal point of it all. NYC Mayor Eric Adams & NYC Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks just announced the launch of New York City’s First ever “Chefs Council.” The goal of this council is to teach students at a young age to “eat healthy, nutritious meals” in an effort to “set them up for success.”
The council will be chaired by Rachel Ray and numerous other well-known chefs. The Chef’s Council will develop over 100 “scratch-cooked, plant-based, and culturally relevant recipes” which will be rolled out onto public school lunch menus across the city. Here are a few of the other chefs that will make up this council:
You really can’t make this shit up at this point. I am an eternal optimist. I genuinely believe that the truth always wins out in the end. However, we are up against a storm of nutritional misinformation, propaganda, and dogmatic practices that will need to be overcome.
Mayor Adams is continuing to push his own plant-based dietary preferences on our children. In 2021, Mayor Adams implemented Meatless Mondays for all NYC public schools. When that wasn’t enough, he implemented Vegan Fridays in February of 2022. NYC Children will now be deprived of animal protein for 40% of their meals being served in school. Keep in mind, many children are dependent on school lunches to be their primary source of food. The meals look truly appalling, as evidenced below:
Seed oils, Refined Grains, Sugar, and glyphosate-sprayed vegetables.
This is what our children are being served. I try to stay reserved and not let my emotions get too heightened, but this truly pisses me the fuck off.
I have no issue with Mayor Adams choosing to be plant-based. I have an issue with the Mayor pushing his own dietary preferences on the public and forcefully depriving our children the right to receive animal protein. There are many studies that show how important the bioavailable nutrients deprived from animal-sourced foods are for cognitive development (Iron, Zinc, Iodine, B12, Riboflavin, etc).
What are the long term last effects of this?
To top it off, Mayor Adams revealed that he does “occasionally eat fish.” This is a common theme amongst many “vegan elites” that most do not know about. They will incorporate just enough animal protein throughout the month to correct their micronutrient deficiencies that they may have on a plant-based diet.
It’s time to wake the fuck up. Not even for ourselves: But for our children. We have a right to Real Food as God & Nature intended. No governing body has the right to deprive you of that. Arm yourselves with information. Share relevant podcasts, books, and documentaries. If we don’t speak up, what we are seeing in NYC will be replicated far & wide sooner than you think.
For more information, here is the full article that I referenced:
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/703-22/mayor-adams-chancellor-banks-launch-inaugural-chefs-council
🍗 Our (Permanent) Snack of the Week: The Carnivore Bar
This week’s newsletter would not be possible without the support of our good friends over at The Carnivore Bar!
The Carnivore Bar is exactly as it sounds. It is pure, ancestral nutrition with minimal ingredients: Ground Beef, Salt, and Tallow. It is also absolutely delicious. Philip Meece (Carnivore Bar Founder) has made a way to make the product creamy yet crunchy at the same time.
They currently offer three flavors: Salted, Not Salted, and Honey. Each bar contains 400 calories, 27g fat, 17g protein, and 410mg of sodium. 2 of these bars make a legitimate meal replacement, which will keep you "on the path" when traveling. The bars are grass-fed, grass-finished and are directly sourced from Joyce Farms.
The Carnivore Bar is also veteran-owned and operated with the highest integrity. We are hosted Philip on episode #86 of the podcast and were very excited to learn more about his story & inspiration for creating this product.
If you want to get your hands on these delicious Real Food Bars, use this link and enter in MAFIA to get 10% off your first order!
Clip of the Week: Dr. Bill Schindler - Are we Designed to Eat Meat?
In this 5 minute clip, Dr. Bill Schindler does a brilliant job of explaining the very complicated topic of how humans have evolved to eat.
He details the important transformation of humans going from scavengers (relying on fruits, seeds, vegetables) to hunter-gatherers through the use of tools. These tools allowed us to hunt our prey and get access to much more nutrient-dense animal protein.
He also mentions that the muscle meat of the animal itself is the least nutrient dense parts of the animal, which is what we focus on in western nutrition. Dr. Bill states we should be incorporating nose-to-tail practices where we consume things like organs, marrow, and broth for maximum nutrient density.
Please enjoy.
BONUS: We were able to feature Dr. Bill on Episode #107 of the podcast this week!
Thank you for reading The Meat Mafia Newsletter, and if you found the information in here valuable, please let us know in the comment section below!
Sollozzo & Clemenza
You guys were AWESOME!!!! It was a privilege to be there for this amazing conversation/talk!!!!
Tye