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The History of American Food
Starting with the first English settlements in the 17th Century, this podcasts traces how we went from barrels of salted meat & peas to Korean bbq tacos and the largest grocery store selections ever seen anywhere in the world. We'll go everywhere - and it is full of surprises.
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Episodes
- The History of American Food
097 I Thought There Were More Fish?
Listen to me more! Intelligent Speech Online 2023 where I talke about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters! There's…
- The History of American Food
096 American Wheat - Better Mills & Military Bread
Wheat goes on the road More Americans than ever can get wheat in this period. It's also an old school demonstration of the supply and demand ideas when stuff…
- The History of American Food
095 War Corn
As Europeans and their decendents the Earliest Americans desired, loved and craved bread. But with wheat being a tough go generally at these early stages, the…
- The History of American Food
094 Changes to Sugar World
Sugar is sugar... right? Not so much. I mean, the sugar everyone cares about it cane sugar, but honey and maple syrup & sugar are also playing a role at this…
- The History of American Food
093 Iron - Supplying the Battle Front & the Home Front 1776-1815
Three iron innovations that made a difference during this age - two on the battle front, and one in people's homes. With furnaces and forges both up and…
- The History of American Food
092 Iron - an Explainer of Iron Technology in Baby America
Why so much Iron America? Well, it has to do with the stars, and I'll explaon why. But I'll also spend time going over how American Iron - and most Iron from…
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091 The War Years 1776 - 1815
Now that American food is actually American food, we egeet to talk about the food as America starts to sort out what it wants to be. The first answer is…
- The History of American Food
Season 3 Promo
Still up to my ears in military history, food logistics, the end of the age of Fighting Sail (so C.S. Forester) and so very much sugar. That's right - Season 3…
- The History of American Food
End of Season 2
Done with only England Done with Great Britain At last we are going to be - AMERICA! That whole transition is going to be So Messy. Time to look back on what's…
- The History of American Food
090 18th Century Housekeeping - Everbody Outside
Let's Go Outside and look at all the jobs out there that helped the 18th Century food-o-verse go around. While not every job outside the home was food related…
- The History of American Food
089.5 Bonus Protein - Stringy
Send in your Questions! Chemistry Class for food is back and this time it is protein. Again, no tests and no homework. Fascinating Topics Addressed: Why amino…
- The History of American Food
089 18th Century Housekeeping - Inside Edition
Shout out to the National Park Service! Hallowell Furnace is a beautiful spot all full of history. So what does it take to run an 18th century house - inside?…
- The History of American Food
088 Fat & Frying in the 18th Century
Deep Fat Frying has come to the North American British colonies... how far away could the French fry be? Not the question I'm answering. Not yet. Instead, it's…
- The History of American Food
087 18th Century Transportation - Part II
Time to send me question for the end of Season 2 question show! Getting around the colonies. South of the Mason-Dixon Line, there is way more water transport…
- The History of American Food
086 18th Century Transportation - Part I
Tell me about your local library or history resource! Round 2: Her Half of History - written and presented by Lori Davis https://herhalfofhistory.com/ This…
- The History of American Food
085 Foraging is for Losers - Stay in the Farmyard
Tell me about your local library or history resource! Round 1: Kelsey Creek Farm - sheep shearing, farm life and animal care…
- The History of American Food
084 Pemmican - Why it’s Called That, What it is, How it’s Made, and How it Changed the World
Pemmican Week - Part 1 - the intro. (Part 2 comes in a later season) It’s a favorite food for a variety of American Fad diets that cost a lot to follow. Yet it…
- The History of American Food
083 Turning Wild Game into Food is A Lot of Work - 18th Century Hunting
This week I deal pretty frankly with the facts of turning animals into food. There is a little discussion of blood and guts - and how removing them from an…
- The History of American Food
082 Coffee me in the Caribbean, Sugar - the 18th Century Quest for Liquid Vigor
I love coffee and I love sugar (and tea and chocolate for the record). This is clearly a typical human response. I am also unhappy about their history and…
- The History of American Food
081 Ketchup - the 18th Century Name for Umami
If for no other reason, listen this week to hear me say "Worcestershire" while looking at the word. This week it's ketchup - and what it was before tomatoes…
- The History of American Food
080 Tomatoes & Other Foreign Fruits - The Conundrum
This week it's fruit's turn, and time to learn which fruits are locals, which are imports and how they got to North America, and into the colonial pantry. We…
- The History of American Food
079 Potatoes & Other Possibly Foreign Vegetables
All the "normal" colonial vegetables were foreign. Or they were imports anyway. Except for the famous ones - pumpkins (which are a fruit) and corn (which is a…
- The History of American Food
078 I Said Mixed Drinks. These are Definitely Not Cocktails - 18th Century Social Drinking
Turns out colonists were making mixed drinks in America... before there was America, or cocktails (officially). Some were elborate and required prep-work…
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077 Whisk(e)y Pulls Alongside Rum - Adventures and Economies of 18th Century Distilled Liquors
THe 17th century was the age of Rum. The 18th century has a new fighter, Whisky or Whiskey - choose your spelling. How is happened, and where it was most…
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076 Colonial Wine – the Tedious and Extensive Reasons Why There Wasn’t Any in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Was there wine in the North American British Colonies? No, but yes. There was pricey imported wine, and there were also other fruit wines - including stuff…
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075 A Horse's Life - 18th Century Colonial Style
Horses - it's an issue we've basically used the whole country and most of history to run away from. Find out how the American horse problem started - and far…
- The History of American Food
074 18th Century Colonial Eggs & Associated Chicken Facts
Eggs & Chickens In the 18th century eggs made practical and fancy food (cake!). Chickens made fancy food. Or at least special occasion food. If you wanted bird…
- The History of American Food
073 18th Century Hogs - The Start of the Pork Industry
Hey! Hey, Guess what? Did you know that pigs have many names... and many fats. No, please. Wait. Don't run away from me. I'm really here to talk about dental…
- The History of American Food
072 18th Century Pumpkins - Not Exciting
This week we are about to lose an original member off the leader board. But before the pumpkin slips away for a few seasons, I'll share with you why American…
- The History of American Food
071 Thar She Blows – The Rise of the 18th Century Oil Industry
Well, well, well. Still not eating whale are we? Why in the heck are you talking about whale in a food podcast then? Turns out the global trade that lead to…
- The History of American Food
070 The History of Whaling
This week one of my cats makes his debut in sound design. His playing about in the closet makes me it seem as if I have Very Strong Feelings about trends in…
- The History of American Food
069.5 Bonus - Ice Science, Fire Science & Energy
OK - No regular episode, just a bonus one. But the season of Misrule is just going to do that to us here in the 18th Century. It's kindof a chemistry class -…
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069 18th Century Deer are Somehow Rustic & Fancy & Money
Deer are really cute. Well baby deer are cute. We've been making pictures of them for ages. We've been making pants and shoes and stuff of deer generally for…
- The History of American Food
068 Wood Part II - Charcoal, BBQ & Mellowed Spirits & a Peek at War
Wood continues to do it all! But this time, mainly as charcoal. It makes iron, it ages booze, it's necessary for barbecue, it makes gunpowder. Charcoal - where…
- The History of American Food
067 Wood Part I - Money in Masts & Barrels
Wood! It is back, and now it's worth money. You get to hear about how the iron industry wrecked English wood stocks, the King's Broad Arrow, crusty New…
- The History of American Food
Reprise! 030 Turkey - No Disasters - Just the Bird
I was almost done with this super cool look at wood and charcoal - and then my computer went down. I have to completely rewrite the 6 pages I already had -…
- The History of American Food
066 You Call That a Biscuit?
Biscuit Biscuit Biscuit There are few baking words that can elicit so much general consternation. Cupcake - maybe? But mostly not since most of the world can…
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065 Cream & Pudding & Cake that is Not a Lie
By the end of the 18th century - we are SO CLOSE to ice cream - but we are not there yet. But I want to set the scene that dessert is becoming a thing, and…
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064 Milk & Butter Money
Enter the Dairy Maid - or Milk Maid, I'll accept either answer. They were one of the these groups of women who used to be a skilled worker, but that pesky no…
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063 Beef - It's American Food Now
This week the ox stops being fancy food for fancy people and becomes workaday food for city people and sailors alike. But it also became manly party food all…
- The History of American Food
062 Rice - In the Carolina Kitchen
So many Links this week! But great places to visit - a blog, a rice foundation, a shop for all things (many things?) Carib - I admit I'm excited about that…
- The History of American Food
061 18th Century North American Rice - A History
American Rice - Voyage the First Some of the rice might have started from Asia, but all of it came directly from Africa. But which side - the West, or from…
- The History of American Food
060 Cider - The Drink of Liberty! Only Royalists Drink Beer
For more of Me & Jess talking about Spice Visit: https://theflakyfoodie.com/ Watch: https://youtu.be/K_2pZ3VhbwQ Listen…
- The History of American Food
059 Beer - That Good Civilized Drink, Cider is for Rubes!
Beer! It's as American as apple pie. Or maybe its English? Or German? OK - Colonial Beer has a bit of an identity crisis. Can you call it beer if it doesn't…
- The History of American Food
058 Tarts & Sweet Pies
We have the bored rich to blame for tiny little bite size tarts. As busy colonials with outdoor ovens and too many things to do, we made our tarts big - and to…
- The History of American Food
057 Pie - Savory Kinds & the Original Hot Pockets
Spelling Guide: PIE & PYE Sea Pie - the English version with no fish. Fancy or only 2 meats as you will. Cipaille, Cipâtes (spelling like the filling is up for…
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056 Wheat & Barley - The Rise of 18th Century American Tech
America has long been known as a Destination for Innovation. But what if I told you the innovation was ... a) just editing on the hard work of many individual…
- The History of American Food
055 18th Century Legumes - Creating the American Bean
What a disappointment, beans. The green bean - the French bean - how this quintessential American food got that name, I'll explain - is the only fancy tasty…
- The History of American Food
054.5 Bonus Scurvy - What it is, How to Cure it & Why Modern Society Keeps Bringing it Back
What better time to explain scurvy (a very gross disease) - than right after my paean to the 18th century orange? Learn it's causes, what it looks like, how to…
- The History of American Food
054 18th Century Oranges - Bitter, not Sweet
Orange - a strange word, and important fruit - not just in the kitchen, but as a political symbol as well. Come hear about it all, and some mythbusting about…
- The History of American Food
053 18th Century Gardens - For Use or Delight
Mary Mary, Quite Contrary , How does your Garden Grow? Or more importantly what grows in it, is it geometric or naturalistic, and who's doing the spade work?…
- The History of American Food
052 18th Century Pre-Revolutionary Tea
Tea - We did a big tea history last time. This time, it's smaller time. More details, more ceremony, more farce. But if you are curious what tea was drunk…
- The History of American Food
051 Lemons & Pineapples - The Caribbean Invasion
Lemons - they solved scurvy right? Or was it limes. Neither. These little ovoids were way WAY too precious to use on the common sailor like that. But find out…
- The History of American Food
050.5 Bonus The Quickening - What 17th & 18th Century Cookbooks have to say about Pregnancy & Women's Bodies
I cannot let the story stand that abortion and management of fertility is only a modern issue in America. It has been part of the landscape before Europeans…
The History of American Food050 18th Century British Colonial Mercantilism - Now With More Pirates
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- The History of American Food
049 Oysters & Lesser Shellfish
Come Join the Fun! Intelligent Speech Conference - 2022, June 25th Come hear me reveal possibly dangerous information about Gumbo…
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048 Salt - How to Make it in America
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047 Fish For Everybody - For Now
Do take a peek at Unchefed https://www.unchefed.com/about https://twitter.com/unchefed and me when I'm not just in Teacher Mode: The History of Fish Sauce…
- The History of American Food
046 Corn is American Now
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- The History of American Food
045 Sugar & Molasses - Good Jam and Bad Beer
Don't Forget! Intelligent Speech Conference - 2022, June 25th Come hear me reveal possibly dangerous information about Gumbo…