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.

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221 episodes
Updated July 24

Episodes221

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Nov 15, 2023 · 28 min
106 The Waning of Vegetables and Variety as America is on the Move
This might be one of my only, and definitely the most forceful hot take I've had so far: The variety of food depends almost entirely on the vegetables - well the plant foods. After all, there are only so many ways to cook meat - roast, boil, fry,...
Nov 8, 2023 · 23 min
105 Birds Are Like Berries - For the Pluckin'
After rubbing shoulders all the time in prisons, in towns, or on land owned by a Lord or The Church - getting out there in the great wide open skies was startling for people. But even more startling were just how many birds there were. Sometimes too...
Nov 1, 2023 · 24 min
104 Are Rabbits American Food?
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes - Talk with other people about the Contigency Plans for Women & even more stuff! Come check it out on Saturday November 4th My Discount...
Oct 25, 2023 · 31 min
103 Pirates, Privateers, Smugglers & Slavers
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes - Talk with other people about the Contigency Plans for Women & even more stuff! Come check it out on Saturday November 4th My Discount...
Oct 18, 2023 · 29 min
102 Gumbo & Jambalaya - 3-Flags Day Versions
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes - Talk with other people about the Contigency Plans for Women & even more stuff! Come check it out on Saturday November 4th My Coupon code...
Oct 11, 2023 · 29 min
101 How Louisiana Became America & the Food Riches we Snagged in the Purchase
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes My Coupon code is: Food We apparently love a competition show - so how America got Louisiana is right in there - soap opera slap fights and...
Oct 4, 2023 · 23 min
100 Oysters for Action & The Code is Food
Holy Moly! Episode 100! I'm here! What does that mean? Not sure except I'm not so bad at this and will keep going. So keep up. Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes My Coupon...
Sep 27, 2023 · 21 min
099 Rice Is Too Nice For These Times
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (and it's much more fun)...
Sep 21, 2023 · 31 min
098 A Thirst For Salt
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talke about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (and it's much more fun)...
Sep 13, 2023 · 24 min
097 I Thought There Were More Fish?
Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talke about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (and it's much more fun)...
Sep 6, 2023 · 34 min
096 American Wheat - Better Mills & Military Bread
Wheat goes on the road More Americans than ever can get wheat in this period. It's also an old school demonstration of the supply and demand ideas when stuff was made for people actually consume. The most fun - learn why wheat beer and wheat whiskey...
Aug 30, 2023 · 34 min
095 War Corn
As Europeans and their decendents the Earliest Americans desired, loved and craved bread. But with wheat being a tough go generally at these early stages, the whole in their grain loving hearts was filled by corn. So when it was time to leave home...
Aug 23, 2023 · 31 min
094 Changes to Sugar World
Sugar is sugar... right? Not so much. I mean, the sugar everyone cares about it cane sugar, but honey and maple syrup & sugar are also playing a role at this point. And then war. War gets in the way of everything, especially when you end up in...
Aug 16, 2023 · 39 min
093 Iron - Supplying the Battle Front & the Home Front 1776-1815
Three iron innovations that made a difference during this age - two on the battle front, and one in people's homes. With furnaces and forges both up and running - and expanding to meet the insatiable appitite for iron, iron workers had to eat as...
Aug 8, 2023 · 26 min
092 Iron - an Explainer of Iron Technology in Baby America
Why so much Iron America? Well, it has to do with the stars, and I'll explaon why. But I'll also spend time going over how American Iron - and most Iron from the Age of Sail until the 20th Century was made - Charcoal Fired Blast Furnaces! Read...
Aug 2, 2023 · 27 min
091 The War Years 1776 - 1815
Now that American food is actually American food, we egeet to talk about the food as America starts to sort out what it wants to be. The first answer is, BIGGER! And in order to do that the country has to break away - war #1 - and then kick the...
Jul 12, 2023 · 3 min
Season 3 Promo
Still up to my ears in military history, food logistics, the end of the age of Fighting Sail (so C.S. Forester) and so very much sugar. That's right - Season 3 is on it's way. But that's not all - I'm up to new stuff in more places. Check it out!...
Jun 7, 2023 · 32 min
End of Season 2
Done with only England Done with Great Britain At last we are going to be - AMERICA! That whole transition is going to be So Messy. Time to look back on what's changed over the last season and century - what it all means for a daily meal (meat,...
May 31, 2023 · 31 min
090 18th Century Housekeeping - Everbody Outside
Let's Go Outside and look at all the jobs out there that helped the 18th Century food-o-verse go around. While not every job outside the home was food related in the 18th century - quite a few of them were. I take you through Grain, Livestock, Fish,...
May 27, 2023 · 22 min
089.5 Bonus Protein - Stringy
Send in your Questions! Chemistry Class for food is back and this time it is protein. Again, no tests and no homework. Fascinating Topics Addressed: Why amino acids are called that; Where protein as a substance was identified in chemistry...

The History of American Food

106 The Waning of Vegetables and Variety as America is on the Move

105 Birds Are Like Berries - For the Pluckin'

104 Are Rabbits American Food?

103 Pirates, Privateers, Smugglers & Slavers

102 Gumbo & Jambalaya - 3-Flags Day Versions

101 How Louisiana Became America & the Food Riches we Snagged in the Purchase

100 Oysters for Action & The Code is Food

099 Rice Is Too Nice For These Times

098 A Thirst For Salt

097 I Thought There Were More Fish?

096 American Wheat - Better Mills & Military Bread

095 War Corn

094 Changes to Sugar World

093 Iron - Supplying the Battle Front & the Home Front 1776-1815

092 Iron - an Explainer of Iron Technology in Baby America

091 The War Years 1776 - 1815

Season 3 Promo

End of Season 2

090 18th Century Housekeeping - Everbody Outside

089.5 Bonus Protein - Stringy