143 episodes

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

The History of American Food 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

    Crossover... Part 5 - 044 Truly Earthshaking - Shogun Ep 5

    Crossover... Part 5 - 044 Truly Earthshaking - Shogun Ep 5

    As long as you know... ehhhhh not so safe for work.  But this means something even when there's no ep this week!

    But Let's go earthquakes.

    And come join us over on Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - so you can get to the end of the series!

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    What show can bring you managerial manipulation, whispers of medival animal cruelty, zombie family insights and pheasant fetishization?

    Shogun of course - and as always with phenominal costumes and nice views of some of the behind the scenes that are required to run the world.  As in... have you ever tried to get rabbit blood out of a bamboo cutting board without Dawn Dish Soap?

    If any of this sounds like fun to you, jump in the palanquin and come along for the adventure.

    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)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

    • 1 hr 24 min
    120 Corn - The National Vegetable

    120 Corn - The National Vegetable

    Corn is so hot right now. No other crop even comes close in the 19th century. 

    This week corn grows up and shows up everywhere but on the fanciest of tables.  It's mush, it's booze, it's pork & beef and butter... and fancy pleated collars.  

    But wait, there's more! It was important in the Napoleonic Wars, and the power shifts in Ireland.  And ithelped drive America's first major economic depression. Pretty powerful for a little grain. 

    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

    • 29 min
    Announcement: Every Other Week

    Announcement: Every Other Week

    I have an ENOURMOUS back catalog. Get in there.  

    But for the future, I have plans for about 10 seasons. To make sure I don't absolutely turn myself into a quivering lump of jelly, structures of reasonable dimensions have been put in place to keep this baby rolling along. 


    Every other week baby!

    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

    • 2 min
    Crossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4

    Crossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4

    Heads up!  NSFW, Not E for Everyone.  Think - F for Fun

    Want to get more of the Shogun?

    Head over to Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - we're up to Ep 7!
     BUt in the meantime... you can just sit back and listen to us take apart and give context to 17th Century Japan.

    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)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

    • 1 hr 26 min
    119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That

    119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That

    It's officially the appearance of the Mason. Jar in American Food.

    You get to learn about how lack. of child labor protections made it possible, and how inventing stuff in the food preservation doesn't seem to make you rich.

    Learnn about how water power made inventing metal stuff possible, and how important the screw is to the development of American food.
    And learn how they way humans fight wars and travel the earth has never been the same since the introduction of canned and jarred food

    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

    • 28 min
    118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part

    118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part

    (Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: PCG)

    Silly me, I thought I could encompass the whole can and glass jar thing in one episode.  I was wrong.

    Instead this episode talks about early bottling, the introduction of canning and how it was used in the early 19th century.  And there's lots of talk about botulinum toxin and botulism... a fear of my childhood, but a cosmetic procedure today.  Who knew?

    So to learn about the steps that lead to canned food coming in glass jars - tune in!

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood

    • 28 min

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