Olympia Provisions founder Elias Cairo joins the pod! Eli recounts the pivot that took him from life as a professional snowboarder to an apprenticeship in a brutally intense Swiss mountain kitchen. He shares how a searing kitchen injury led him into the butcher shop, where he fell in love with wild game and the non-refrigerated, traditional curing methods that inspired his life’s work.Learn how the sausage is made in Brad and Eli’s Local Legends episode in Portland, Oregon. Want to be featured on Lay It On? Send a short voice memo sharing your name, where you’re from, and your question for Brad to [email protected], and you might just hear it answered in the next episode! Submit Your Questions: https://forms.gle/pZgjBT3NGbTkKnMe6 Follow the pod: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layitonbradleone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bradleoneSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mA8KOsgpZMlWeByCxNom6?si=ae0c64f6fd624dc8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices