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Hot Dogs, Heroism, and Burgoo: Memorial Day Foods History and Surprising Stories
What does watermelon have to do with Memorial Day? And how many pounds of hot dogs do we consume over Memorial Day weekend?
In this episode of Family Tree Food & Stories, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely take you from old Civil War battlefields to your backyard barbecue.
You’ll discover the surprising origins of the Memorial Day holiday when it was first known as Decoration Day, explore the wartime roots of today’s most iconic summer foods—like hot dogs, cornbread, and SPAM—and even a shared story of how Nancy almost grilled a bunch of baby mice! Yikes.
This episode features a wealth of…
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