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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Episodes
  • 136 America is Made of Bread & Steel

    136 America is Made of Bread & Steel
    Jan 8 2025
    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 King Arthur Bread Recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/no-fuss-focaccia-recipe

    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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    35 mins
  • Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime

    Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime
    Dec 27 2024
    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 can help it.

    So carry on with the Zorro-ing and say in the comments if it's too many locations #locations #toomuch

    Bust seriously - your 6 eps in to a 10 episode season and you're just going to send this many hares running in the field of story.
    What Gives?
    Also - Greta admits she entirely absolutely was guessing and was WRONG.
    But that's happened before & will most likely happen again.


    You better start paying some things off in the next few episodes. That's all I ask.
    Oh - and don't stop delivering on the fashion.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise

    135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise
    Dec 18 2024
    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 business, lots of people are going to have lots to say about it.

    So to find out how messy and fast moving thing are as the split in what the north drinks and what the south drinks emerges - jump in and hang on. There is a whole bunch of information in here.

    Drink Up!

    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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    34 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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