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The History of American Food podcast

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The History of American Food

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  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.comInternets: @THoAFood

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.comInternets: @THoAFood

 

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#198

159.5 The Turkey History Episode... Just for Fun

It's been a little while since I put up this Tukey History Episode!Since Thanksgiving Week... more

27 Nov 2025

24 MINS

24:04

27 Nov 2025

#197

159 The Roots of Grocery Store Culture Lie in a Big Country

It's the last Episode of Season 4!And I think I've finally answered one of my opening ques... more

26 Nov 2025

24 MINS

24:15

26 Nov 2025

#196

158 Are You Rich Enough or Poor Enough to Hunt in the Early 19th Century?

So far America is pretty hostile to everyday hunting - but for some reason we keep adding ... more

12 Nov 2025

25 MINS

25:13

12 Nov 2025

#195

157 More Plates You Say? Let's Make Dining More Complicated

After years of no plates, not enough plates and just enough plates - you suddenly have acc... more

29 Oct 2025

19 MINS

19:14

29 Oct 2025

#194

156 The History of Plates

Every wondered how we got into this fix of needing so many plates - or more specifically w... more

15 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:17

15 Oct 2025

#193

155 Whales - They Start to Bring the Kitchen Indoors and Change Dinner Time

As a child reader, I always thought it was so quaint that "dinner" was this old-timey word... more

01 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:07

01 Oct 2025

#192

154 Fashionable Vegetables from Europe & Stealth Ones from America

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by finding a place to visit and get involved at  [NEEF... more

17 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:14

17 Sep 2025

#191

153 Coffee Finds a New Home

Wake up America!  Coffee is on its way to becoming the drink of the people.  Sure Cider an... more

03 Sep 2025

34 MINS

34:11

03 Sep 2025

#190

152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable

Last show on the substandard mic - but the paper towel as popfilter helped some.Let's talk... more

20 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:45

20 Aug 2025

#189

151 The First Chinese Food in America

First of all - sorry about the diferent mic.  But this way we get the episode.  I'll see w... more

06 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:34

06 Aug 2025

#188

150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good

Think you're fancy with your lobster roll... or did you get it from a Massachusetts McDona... more

23 Jul 2025

23 MINS

23:31

23 Jul 2025

#187

149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture

Have you ever thought how we got here - that farm land is all AWAY and houses are all in c... more

09 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:00

09 Jul 2025

#186

148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle

What happens when you grow more cows to make more milk to make more cheese and butter?You ... more

25 Jun 2025

32 MINS

32:45

25 Jun 2025

#185

147 How to Survive Drinking Milk in the Early 19th Century

So you are a typical early 19th Century American type... Is there a dairy scene?  Yes.But ... more

11 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:38

11 Jun 2025

#184

146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms?

Check out the NCPTT... while it's still there, and maybe find an unexpectedly cool place t... more

28 May 2025

28 MINS

28:14

28 May 2025

#183

145 Mushroom History - Food Edition & What Eactly is a Mushroom Anyway?

While last episode was drowning in information - this week when hunting down mushroom info... more

14 May 2025

28 MINS

28:55

14 May 2025

#182

144 Early 19th Century Apples - the Fruit of Progress & Propaganda

This week - it’s time to look at the connection between westward American Expansion and th... more

30 Apr 2025

32 MINS

32:59

30 Apr 2025

#181

143 Oats & Hay - Grass Powers the Early 19th Century World

As odd as it sounds, there was a time in American Food before oatmeal.And while that's wil... more

16 Apr 2025

32 MINS

32:21

16 Apr 2025