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The History of American Food

Margaret Hardin

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.Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.comInternets: @THoAFood

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26:29

138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

The History of American Food ·

2025/02/05

To Market to market to buy a fat pigHome again home again jiggety jig...But how did those pigs get to market in the first place?On their own 4 feet! That's right, there's more than one way to concentrate corn down for better transport and not all of it is Bourbon / Corn Whiskey.Also learn about how early mechanical America only kept moving due to the presence of pigs.Big contributions to the script from Mark Essig's _Lesser Beasts_ Be sure to look up the Canadian Super Pigs... and the problem they

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29:53

137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or...

The History of American Food ·

2025/01/22

This week I've gone crackers. I've wondered for awhile why it's biscuits everywhere else - but sometimes ... it's crackers. I mean, the most British of British claymation - Wallace and Grommit, when they go to the moon to get cheese, even they bring crackers.... not biscuits.That, and a few other things had me wondering if crackers and biscuts DIDN'T come from the same source? Rather did the two just meet in America. Turns out - that's what it was.It was Douglas Mack of The Snack Shack that got

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35:00

136 America is Made of Bread & Steel

The History of American Food ·

2025/01/08

Sure - people say America is built on A LOT of things, but the rise of Industrial America depends on two things - Bread and Steel. Steel to make the Great American Dessert into the Great American Bread Basket - and all that wheat would make the steel of the railroad make lots of sense very quickly.If you are curious just what steel is - and how all that early American iron is related, this is your episode. Sure - I'm a food podcast, but this time it's all about Geology, Steel and some bread.The

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64:02

Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? ...

The History of American Food ·

2024/12/27

For those of you listenting along at home - a little reminder, these are just filler episodes from the other podcast project I was playing around with. If you want that feed and not this one - hop over there.But for those of you who need something to tide you over - listen along to the Hot Nonsense (and a little Cristo Fernandez appreciation).Again - this is not the safe for everyone part of the feed. And some of the bonus contect will be just fine. But this is to simply avoid a blank space if I

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34:28

135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About...

The History of American Food ·

2024/12/18

Welcome to the messy alcoholic beverage scene in the early 19th century. Migration, mechanization and new profit centers are all going to shift how alcoholic beverages are made and regarded in early America. They are less part of community exchange, and instead become part of the flow of economic life. Any sense of aged or carefully constructed liquors will never develop. Instead alcohol will have more of an identity as a cog in the economic wheel.And becaseu booze is about to become big

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74:01

Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked...

The History of American Food ·

2024/12/13

*THIS* is the don't listen at work part of the feed. I'll include this for all the naughty episodes. And Zorro - he's a Bad Boy? Bad Girl? Oh heck... it's just how bad people can be when it all becomes about money, power and entertaining TV.So have you been following along?Now that we have our major players set up - and the relationships are established we can really get the plates spinning:Secret Societies - checkLove Triangle - checkTwin Brothers - checkMysterious/Nefarious Death - checkand a

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39:09

134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew

The History of American Food ·

2024/12/04

This episode wwas one for the books. So many many books. And the reading and researching of all those recipes showed me that - once again - some of the assumptions I went in with were way off!Chicken and dumplins... dumplin - are not typical early 19th century fare. But plenty of other stew type things are. And there are lessons in the recipes for all us modern cooks - regardless of how we cook our stew.The biggest big deal - brown your meat! The other thing - freshen up your seasoning right

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40:08

133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure

The History of American Food ·

2024/11/29

This episode is a not a love letter, more of a crush note about Romania. I’m at the point of fascination. I don’t know a lot about Romania, really, and they definitely know nothing about me, but what I got to see in a short amount of time has me wanting to know more. If Romania strikes you the same way – here are all the links I mentioned to look up cool and tasty stuff. Along with the Russian History(None of this is beng done on a promotional basis - I get nothing out of this. I just wanted

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26:51

133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques,...

The History of American Food ·

2024/11/20

Did you know there was no "stew" before the 18th Century?OK - there was stew, it's just that it went by all sorts of other names. While the concept of stew is old, the word "stew" itself is only about 300 years old. I know I was shocked as well.To find out about stew, gravy, soup, braise and all sorts of other words - and more importantly how YOU can make your stews better, come along and listen for a bit.And then next week I'll tell you about all the regional styles of stew that are going to

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58:10

132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy-...

The History of American Food ·

2024/11/13

This week’s bonus episode is an interview I did with Rich Napolitano of the delightfully dark and decidedly educational podcast highlighting the Age of Sail - Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs - Tales of Mishaps, Misfortune, and MisadventuresBring along all the Cabin Girls & Boys - this one is for everyone.Rich does me the favor of quoting vivid primary sources to back up all these things I’ve been saying about food at sea. In a word: Terrible. Check out Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

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28:56

132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds

The History of American Food ·

2024/11/06

Can I just be a black cat now?Anyway - what are Baked Beans really, how did they come about, and why, in my opinion are they America's first influential fusion food? Also, why did America pass up the chance to become a poettery power house - and give it all up in favor of steel and glass (is it becasue we think art is secretly decadant and a waste of time?)Come along for the journey, give pork a chance and don't give up on mustard. We all need it.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow

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76:39

Crossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela -...

The History of American Food ·

2024/11/02

Look - I should really plan better when I take an unexpected trip to Romania. But I did not. Enjoy all the same. #NSFWThings just get more. More more. Oh you were confused last week? Well it doesn't get any better this week. If anything it gets worse... more soupy, more sloppy, more salacious.Greta badly speaks more Spanish - but mainly in the service of the 2! DOS! Zorros issue.Jamie is baffled by the twins issue - not twin Zorros, just regular Telenovella twins.Excitement as we are in New York.

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36:12

131 The Fruits and Nuts of America - The Natives, Not...

The History of American Food ·

2024/10/23

Have you ever thought about how there are so few North American foods that are globally available - or even regular foods for people living in North America?Well wonder no more. Or at least slightly less - and explore some of the major items that are native to Norht America, and yet almost made it to "famous because they are yummy" but not quite. Also - what are the possible global superstars in waiting.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes:

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69:17

Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st...

The History of American Food ·

2024/10/18

As long as you remember... this is the NSFW Bonus part, come on along.We are back in Alta California when the wine was Spanish, and the churches were all adobe. Americans were eyeing the other side of the continent... but only in a desultory manner. Snd the richest people of the land - were giant jerks with no thought of the little people actaully doing all the labor, or the local tribes who had been there for a minute. Like a real long time.Anyway - if you'd like to Telanovela up your history,

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40:23

130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and...

The History of American Food ·

2024/10/09

This week - First a tribute to the forever changed Blue Ridge Parkway.But mainly a look at how little American Diet Culture has changed in almost 200 years. We came up with some very sticky ideas about how diets should work - including general cluelessness about complex ideas, fuzzy recolections of a fantastic past and the fact that you need more money than you have to follow it correctly.Sylvester Graham and his boring approach to vegetables is going to lead the way in how America is going to try

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71:00

Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has...

The History of American Food ·

2024/10/04

In case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing with everyone. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. And there are swears. Sharing this becasue this Zorro series wonderful escapist nonsense.Catch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch alongThis episode is where this show goes mask off and shows it’s Telenovela True Colors.Go watch this episode first on Amazon Prime. Twists, Turns, Escándalo! & we just

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24:27

129 America Goes on a Diet - A History

The History of American Food ·

2024/09/25

Women's Work - The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmershas its PBS Premier on September 26 on KSPS serving the Spokane, WA area!And heads up Western Washington - it will be out on KBTC (Broadcast Channel 28) in November How long has America been following diets to improve our health and gain ever more vitality and possibly super-human powers? Almost since the beginning of the country.While we seem to always beleive that the past was somehow a food golden age, the goals and targets of diets have

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15:41

BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of...

The History of American Food ·

2024/09/18

May 8, 1886. American pharmacist John S. Pemberton sells the first glass of Coca-Cola at a pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, a drink he originally bills as a cure-all tonic.This week - here's a cross post from History Daily, presented by (not that) Lindsay Graham. In this episode we jump ahead a very little bit to when soda fountains and health elixirs are both starting to travel across the country to change America's beverage landscape forever.Listen in to hear where and why Coca Cola got its start.On

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31:58

128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things

The History of American Food ·

2024/09/11

A BUSY WEEK!1st hooray - Women's Work - The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmershas its PBS Premier on September 26 on KSPS serving the Spokane, WA area!But seriously - let's talk about jelly. Yeah - I definitey learned great disdain for Jell-O as I grew up - cheap and ceerful, and it seemed like tawdry empty calories. The research for this episode showed me it has a long and proud history as an exclusive food that us moderns poorly understand.As an American I am incredibly suspicious of

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77:28

Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a...

The History of American Food ·

2024/09/06

In case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing with everyone. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. And there are swears. Sharing this becasue this Zorro series is very joyously fun.Catch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch alongAfter watching the movie Zorro - it became clear, we need more of Zorro. We also need more of the 19th Century Americas... from something other than the USA America

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