The History of American Food

By: Margaret Hardin
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  • 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.com
    Internets: @THoAFood
    Copyright Margaret Hardin
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  • Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon Prime

    Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon Prime
    Oct 18 2024
    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, let's Zorro!

    What the Hell is going on? That's the entire sentiment of this episode.
    And well, as viewers always trying to figure things out we may have brought it on ourselves.

    One approach of course is to take one story line and then make it endlessly twisty - each twist more diabolical than the last and it's some of the these post Game of Thrones shows where eventually people just can't care anymore. The characters are so contradictory - nothing matters anymore.

    The other, more fun approach is to just keep throwing in new characters (who's Guadalupe Montero?), sting out plot points (what is up with the bear pins?) and moving the story around to new locations (how are we in New York - err Nueva York?)

    And that is what Zorro has chosen to do, because it is a fun show! So buckle those swashes and let's go! (That will get old, I know. But not yet)


    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)

    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and the Vegetable Diet

    130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and the Vegetable Diet
    Oct 9 2024
    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 to regain health and lose weight.

    Follow along for America's first encounter with, "you are eating wrong."

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    40 mins
  • Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon Prime

    Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon Prime
    Oct 4 2024
    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 along

    This 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 sorted out that Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso is Zorro 1. This series is SO MUCH FUN.

    Jamie and Greta are here to absolutely enjoy every last minute of the escapist nonsense. Ok Ok - not just for the fun of it, but how it shows so much of what was up in 19th century California that was not concerned with America. Which, actually, for along time was most of it.
    So come along for the wild ride that is Zorro - in Spanish.
    You can go the Subtitles route... or English Dub. We are #Team Subtitles, but enjoy it your way.

    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
    and his NEW YouTube Apprearances on Carved Outta Stone Wednesday AM or Friday PM
    Schedule Details: instagram.com/carvedouttastone
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    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)
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    1 hr and 11 mins

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fun and quirky

bringing history to life with wit and sometimes science! best listened to from the begining.

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The information is interesting - I’ll hang around. Delivery... it’s early days. But I want to hear the whole story.

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Entertaining and well researched

As a chef and history buff, I love this podcast. It is informative and very enjoyable to listen to.

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