The History of American Food

Margaret Hardin

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

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221 episodes
Updated July 24

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May 23, 2024 · 2 min
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...
May 17, 2024 · 1 hr 26 min
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...
May 15, 2024 · 28 min
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...
May 8, 2024 · 28 min
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: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-that-how-you-use-the-rules-to-win-shogun-ep-3--59537101 Silly me, I thought I could encompass the whole can and glass...
May 3, 2024 · 1 hr
Crossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3
Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for Fun Look you guys... Ep 4 & Ep 5 are already up on the other feed. No need to wait! I'm super glad you are digging this bonus content. If you want more just subscribe to the main ...
May 1, 2024 · 29 min
117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent
(Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-that-how-you-use-the-rules-to-win-shogun-ep-3--59537101 This week it’s glass - a history. We talk sand (SAND!) fire,...
Apr 26, 2024 · 26 min
116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever
Does war make people innovate? Sure sometimes, but profit and shortages can often do more. In this case, Mercantilist sentiments crossed with Napoleon losing wars and causing a big ol' blockade by the British didn't hurt. This week sugar and...
Apr 19, 2024 · 1 hr 27 min
Crossover... Part 2: 041 Oh Sure Just Die and Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2
Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for Fun OK - Episode 1 of Shogun... A bunch of you tuned in. I have SACRIFICED my CLEAN rating on Apple Podcasts for this. So here's Ep 2 Come on over to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters...
Apr 17, 2024 · 23 min
115 Iron - Lets Get Cooking
It's the 19th Century and the whole show is about to change - and it's Iron that makes it possible. How we cook, how we get around and what is going to be available to even make food out of. With a mysterious detour through why calculus is...
Apr 10, 2024 · 22 min
114 - America at Last - What Does it Look Like Now?
For those of you looking for the Shōgun review - the unhinged 19th Century - and our take on it at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5909156/episodes/feed is what you are looking for… even though not technically the 19th century. Want to visit the...
Apr 3, 2024 · 1 hr 23 min
Special Ep Crossover: 040 This Time in Japan - Shogun Ep 1
Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for Fun It is KILLING me that I get featured while on a research break! I mean yes - head for the back catalog... but if you are a "what's new" kinda listener I gotta let you have something. So - for...
Mar 27, 2024 · 4 min
Season 4 Promo - Now we get moving!
The 19th Century - when America starts to really take shape as the America we recognize (more or less) today. It starts to be more diverse - and gets mad about it right away. The cold chain starts here. Food miles start here. Jars of strawberry...
Feb 28, 2024 · 22 min
End of Season 3 - But the Adventure is Only Starting
End of Season 3 Hot Take - American food is the way it is becasue we became obsessed with enough food - more food just as we were becomeing a country. How do we feed ourselves well, and then how do we make money feeding everybody else. For much of...
Feb 21, 2024 · 24 min
113 Drugs in the Age of War & Adventure - More than You Thought
Well here's a weird little detour for you - not food exactly, but ingested by early Americans all the same. Not so much by soldiers and adventurers on the road - but often when they were let on leave - especially if they were rich. Lots of people...
Feb 14, 2024 · 23 min
112 Thirsty on the Trail - Who's Drinking What Where
How hard drinking were the American soldiers and adventurers? Far far less than you might think. Yeah, sure they went nuts on leave, or when they got left alone in a cellar full of brandy - but that's only because it was mostly water most of the...
Feb 7, 2024 · 24 min
111 Wild Game for War & Adventure
Who gets to eat wild meat on campaign? It depends on the type, how big and how long. The answer of course ranges from everyone to almost noone and always to almost never. Of course. So here are all the links I promised! https://oldfortwayne.org/...
Jan 31, 2024 · 37 min
110 The Pemmican Wars - One Era Ends and Something Else Begins
Come tryhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ But if that's too much adventure, come along and learn about the war that happened around pemmican. Sure, just drop your colony on top of other people's lives - what's...
Jan 23, 2024 · 25 min
109 Farmyard Meat and Packaged Fish for War & Adventure
In these years of war and adventure - American Military Rations were invented. And they rested squarely on barrels of salted meat. Just like today much of the ration went to soldiers hanging out in forts or camps waiting for something to happen....
Dec 20, 2023 · 28 min
108 Wood - Essential for Food, War & Adventure
No wood - no fuel - no food In war an adventure that was usually the first and last word. Whether stuck at winter quarters in Valley Forge (and check out these cool https://revwar75.com/library/rees/kitchen.htm - paper is at the link.) Or on the...
Dec 7, 2023 · 30 min
107 Squash 'n Taters - Corner Fillers
Sorry 'bout that! Anyway - we are back... and it's time to thing about the starchy vegetables that star in our holiday recipes. And to make you greatful that mashed potatoes today... are what they are! But it's also a chance to think about - how...

The History of American Food

Announcement: Every Other Week

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

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

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

Crossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3

117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent

116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever

Crossover... Part 2: 041 Oh Sure Just Die and Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2

115 Iron - Lets Get Cooking

114 - America at Last - What Does it Look Like Now?

Special Ep Crossover: 040 This Time in Japan - Shogun Ep 1

Season 4 Promo - Now we get moving!

End of Season 3 - But the Adventure is Only Starting

113 Drugs in the Age of War & Adventure - More than You Thought

112 Thirsty on the Trail - Who's Drinking What Where

111 Wild Game for War & Adventure

110 The Pemmican Wars - One Era Ends and Something Else Begins

109 Farmyard Meat and Packaged Fish for War & Adventure

108 Wood - Essential for Food, War & Adventure

107 Squash 'n Taters - Corner Fillers