Episodes

  • 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
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 129 America Goes on a Diet - A History

    129 America Goes on a Diet - A History
    Sep 25 2024
    Women's Work - The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers
    has 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 changed over the years.

    So check out the reasons why we seem to fall for the wildest diets, and seemingly why we got started.

    And don't forget about my contribution to HotDish discovery on TodayFood.com

    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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    24 mins
  • BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily

    BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily
    Sep 18 2024
    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 History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened ‘on this day’ in history.

    Whether it’s to remember the tragedy of December 7th, 1941, the day “that will live in infamy,” or to celebrate that 20th day in July, 1969, when mankind reached the moon, History Daily is there to tell you the true stories of the people and events that shaped our world—one day at a time.

    So if you’re stuck in traffic, bored at work—wherever you are, listen to History Daily to remind yourself that something incredible happened to make that day historic.A co-production from award-winning podcasters Airship and Noiser.



    I'll be back next week with more about fish!
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    16 mins
  • 128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things

    128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things
    Sep 11 2024
    A BUSY WEEK!

    1st hooray - Women's Work - The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers
    has 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 savory jellies. I have been fooled into missing some good stuff. How did it all go wrong? This episode holds a few clues.
    Also - finally all those references to Blancmange in British English media will make sense to all us American English types.

    But in the meantime - check out my appearance on TodayFood.com

    And - keep your ears out for the crossover episode about the 1st Glass of Coca-Cola from History Daily and Wondery

    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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    32 mins
  • Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon Prime

    Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon Prime
    Sep 6 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 is very joyously fun.

    Catch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch along

    After 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 perspective. Because, during the 19th century, the Americnan America was a very different shape than the USA we live in now. There were lots of other nations in those spaces we conveniently forget about.

    Also - the 21st century adventure and super hero stories have gotten a little... dark. We need a little light. Not to mention, some way better clothes.
    So get out the cape, saddle up and let's ride for better adventures with Zorro in Alta California. A different way to pursue fashion, fighting and hey, let's have some fun.

    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
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 127 Old World Cake - New World Cake

    127 Old World Cake - New World Cake
    Aug 28 2024
    Join me for a journey through the end of old world cake to find what the first true American cake would really be.
    Find out what is at the root of American cake mixes - and why it is essentially an American idea. Just older than you think - much older than I thought for sure.

    And a nice assortment of cakes you can try out to taste the early 19th century scene.

    Bavarian Zwetschgendatschi (fresh plum sheet cake)

    Yeasted Lincolnshire Plum Cake

    Poundcake - note, No Vanilla!

    King Cake - it's New Orleans, they could have Vanilla

    Gingerbread Cake

    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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    32 mins