105 Birds Are Like Berries - For the Pluckin'

The History of American Food · Nov 8, 2023 · 23m

After rubbing shoulders all the time in prisons, in towns, or on land owned by a Lord or The Church - getting out there in the great wide open skies was startling for people.

But even more startling were just how many birds there were. Sometimes too many birds! How can there be such a thing?

To find out what was up with birds, and what was making it to the early American table - when we mostly weren't keeping chickens for meat - for really good reasons, listen along.

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