The History of American Food

Jan 22 2025 175 ep. 31 mins 323

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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.

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137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or Another Thing?

Jan 22 2025 29 mins

This week I've gone crackers. I've wondered for awhile why it's biscuits everywhere else - but sometimes ... it's crackers. I mean, the most British of British claymation - Wallace and Grommit, when they go to the moon to get cheese, even they bring crackers.... not biscuits.That, and a few other things had me wondering if crackers and biscuts DIDN'T come from the same source? Rath

136 America is Made of Bread & Steel

Jan 08 2025 35 mins

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

Dec 27 2024 64 mins

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135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise

Dec 18 2024 34 mins

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 a

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Dec 13 2024 74 mins

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134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew

Dec 04 2024 39 mins

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133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure

Nov 29 2024 40 mins

This episode is a not a love letter, more of a crush note about Romania. I’m at the point of fascination. I don’t know a lot about Romania, really, and they definitely know nothing about me, but what I got to see in a short amount of time has me wanting to know more. If Romania strikes you the same way – here are all the links I mentioned to look up cool and tasty stuff. Al

133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before

Nov 20 2024 26 mins

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132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships

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132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds

Nov 06 2024 28 mins

Can I just be a black cat now?Anyway - what are Baked Beans really, how did they come about, and why, in my opinion are they America's first influential fusion food? Also, why did America pass up the chance to become a pottery power house - and give it all up in favor of steel and glass (is it becasue we think art is secretly decadant and a waste of time?)Come along for the journey