The Fantastic History Of Food

Nick Charlie Key
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Stories of the fun, bizarre and often ridiculous, history of food. Join me as we explore The Fantastic History of Food. Contact me on foodhistorypod@gmail.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

  1. When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes

    Jun 19

    When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes

    War often calls for quick thinking and unconventional tactics, but few battles have ever been won with… potatoes. But, during World War II, the USS O’Bannon, a U.S. Navy destroyer, found itself in a tense standoff with a Japanese submarine. With the enemy dangerously close, too near in fact for their deck guns to be effective, the crew resorted to a rather unexpected weapon.  This is the incredible tale of how the USS O’Bannon used quick thinking, and a well-stocked pantry, to help sink a Japanese submarine. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WILD HISTORY OF WAR: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896816399 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033nrBsVgo8URSbobSZIhU Website: wildhistoryofwar.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    17 min
  2. Defending A Town With Just Two Loaves Of Bread

    Jun 5

    Defending A Town With Just Two Loaves Of Bread

    At it’s very core, war is essentially throwing everything you have at your enemy hoping that they break first, and at times that breaking point can be as much a psychological one as a physical one.  Wars of attrition, as in the case of prolonged siege warfare, is all about seeing who can last the longest.  And today's story is all about one of those siege warfare breaking points, and how an army was defeated by a woman who had nothing but her cunning, boldness and two loaves of bread. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WILD HISTORY OF WAR: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896816399 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033nrBsVgo8URSbobSZIhU Website: wildhistoryofwar.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    23 min

  3. 06/21/2024

    56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts"

    The entire experience of eating a fancy meal these days is no longer just about the food itself. For decades, chefs like Heston Blumenthal have been creating entire culinary experiences to delight all of your senses at once, pairing sounds, smells and textures along with the already delicious flavours of their food. But while this trend has taken off again more recently, this is by no means a modern practice. In fact, as far back as the early 1600’s an innovative chef by the name of Robert May was creating similar sensory dining experiences all around Elizabethan England. Today, we’ll discover just who this man was, and how he went about revolutionising banquets into what would come to be called his "Spectacle Feasts". ------------------- Thank you to my all of my supporters! We're just one away from 30 Supporters, and it could be YOU! You can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-aaron-mahnkes-cabinet-of-c-29519194/episode/chefs-table-172173292/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fantastical-feasts-of-englands-first-celebrity-chefhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_May_(cook) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    15 min

  4. 06/07/2024

    55 - How Sausages Helped Win A Battle

    It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they go. They are armed to the hilt with tanks, explosives, machine guns, grenades and a staggeringly overwhelming number of troops. But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensive altogether. And that one thing, was the humble sausage. ------------------- Thank you to my brand-new supporters: Josh LovetereZachary Hedden You too can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://www.history.com/news/the-bizarre-sausage-war-that-inspired-hitlerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varolampi_Pondhttps://www.finlandatwar.com/the-sausage-war-an-army-marches-on-its-stomach/https://sofrep.com/news/sausage-war-when-hunger-got-the-best-of-the-soviets/https://short-history.com/sausage-war-733d71767317https://pennytyrrellmcqueen.wixsite.com/togetherapart/single-post/2016/10/26/sausage-war Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    16 min

  5. 05/24/2024

    54 - When Pineapples Were Status Symbols

    For the majority of history they were considered the ultimate delicacy by European nobility who just couldn’t get enough of them. From snack to status symbol, the pineapple has graced many a King and Queens palace courts, while outside of them they took on a mythical quality akin to some sort of precious jewel. Today, we’ll track the pineapples voyage across the seas and into the history books as it became synonymous with the very peak of royal de rigeour. ------------------- Thank you to our brand-new supporter: Sarah Thompson You too can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://www.thedailymeal.com/1233796/in-the-1700s-pineapples-were-wildly-expensive-symbols-of-prosperity/https://www.britannica.com/plant/pineapplehttps://www.bimstore.co/resources/10-facts-about-pineappleshttps://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/a-brief-history-of-foods-pineapplehttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/25/the-strange-history-of-the-king-pine/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-uKgiyE3Yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple#:~:text=Precolonial%20cultivation,-The%20wild%20plant&text=By%20the%20late%201400s%2C%20cropped,it%20into%20India%20by%201550. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    15 min

  6. 05/10/2024

    53 - Fat Men's Clubs

    For as long as so-called civilised societies have existed, equally uncivilised clubs and groups have sprung up within them, allowing their members to revel in all sorts of weird and wonderful excesses. In previous episodes we have heard about secret food clubs with a goal of eating every type of animal on earth. Todays story may not be so different, although this clubs members were’nt so picky about reaching any particular goal other that just eating every type of food they could get their hands on. ------------------- Thank you to our 2 brand-new supporters: Frank Morales  Philipp Surkov Please support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://www.insidehook.com/culture/revisiting-fat-mens-clubshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/07/469571114/the-forgotten-history-of-fat-men-s-clubshttps://www.sunjournal.com/2020/01/19/when-fat-mens-clubs-were-big/https://www.antikeychop.com/fatmensclubhttps://husheduphistory.com/post/141904668068/girth-and-mirth-the-rise-of-the-fat-mens-clubhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unusual-clubs-in-history Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    15 min

  7. 04/25/2024

    52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower

    Turn on the tv or radio, or scroll any news site online and you’ll no doubt be inundated with stories about crazy weather anomalies happening all around the globe. Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more. But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in the small town of Olympia Springs, Kentucky.  ------------------- Please support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Was-the-Kentucky-Meat-Shower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/ https://www.wate.com/news/kentucky/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-147-years-passed-since-the-kentucky-shower-of-flesh/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluvia_de_peces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    15 min

  8. 04/15/2024

    51 - The London Beer Flood

    In our modern age we have lived through natural disasters and floods in various parts of the world, and no matter what, they are always tragic. But tragic floods are not always a cause of nature. In episode 7, we discussed the great molasses flood that occurred in Boston and the ensuing devastation of that event. Well today, we’ll be taking a look at a similar, albeit less gloopy tidal wave of destruction that occurred 100 years before that. And, as much as any of us may love a beer every now and then and dream of swimming in a pool of the bubbly liquid, this tragic event was unfortunately no laughing matter. ------------------- Please support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/great-beer-flood-1814-what-happened/ https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-london-beer-flood/ https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood https://explorethearchive.com/london-beer-flood https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

    13 min
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Stories of the fun, bizarre and often ridiculous, history of food. Join me as we explore The Fantastic History of Food. Contact me on foodhistorypod@gmail.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.

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  • Creator
    Nick Charlie Key
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright Nick Charlie Key
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