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  • Alas... a 3 Week Break

    Alas... a 3 Week Break
    2026/07/24
    Hang in there ... and I'll be back.

    Hopefully - some interesting posts on the Socials Media

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
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    2 分
  • 178 The History of Paper

    178 The History of Paper
    2026/07/22
    This week we go back in time to learn about how we got paper.

    It's been with us for a long time, but until the end of the 19th century it was mostly old clothes.

    To find out what paper used to be and how we got to paper from trees - tune in.

    Also - as promised... the links to the
    W.E.B. Du Bois self tour:

    https://www.duboisnhs.org/great-barrington-walking-tour/


    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
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    24 分
  • 177 Bringing the Sea's Bounty to You - In a Can - But at what Cost?

    177 Bringing the Sea's Bounty to You - In a Can - But at what Cost?
    2026/07/15
    Wanna see bears? goto Explore.org
    See how many Alaskan canneries there where? Or see more about the Diamond NN Cannery?

    Follow the links

    And then listen in to the rise of canned fish in the late 19th century. Instant protein you can take with you anywhere. The cottage cheese of the 19th century - but no refrigeration needed.

    But - being able to can every last oyster and slamon we could get our hands on had a cost - as well as a payoff.

    Listen in to find out more

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
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    27 分
  • 176 New Technology for American Corn

    176 New Technology for American Corn
    2026/07/09
    Today's corn episode I am reminded that my intial question of do I include corn in my logo or not? I made the correct decision. Corn is there - but it's invisible - it helped feed the beef.

    Because this is the episode where corn changes from an obvious food to one that can be present anywhere. With the advent of industrial milled corn starch we have entered the age when corn is as much chemical ingredient as it is food.

    So iron your pinafore with starch and sit down to a miander through the past and late 1800's presence of corn in the American Food system.


    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
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    38 分
  • 175 New American Sugar

    175 New American Sugar
    2026/07/01
    Sugar can reasonably be called "The White Stuff"

    It makes us happy - and yet people are willing to abuse it, and commit crimes to make it happen.

    The late 19th century is when America goes from eating a similar amount of sugar as the rest of the up and coming mechanical world - to becoming the greediest of all.
    The combination of extending sugar plantations out into Cuba, Puerto Rico and now Hawai'i along with the rise of maufactured foods - expecially sweet treats is going to place America at the front of the Suger Consumer Pack. And we'll stay there.

    To get into the nitty gritty of Sugar vs. The World - Check out Sidney Mintz Sweetness and Power
    To dig deep into what American Corruption looked like at the start of the 20th Century check out The Teapot Dome Scandal by Laton McCartney

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
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    29 分
  • 174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt

    174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt
    2026/06/24
    This week is the start of a few shows on the bad mic. And it is all my fault.
    But "A" mic is still better than no show at all.
    Let’s talk salt in late 19th century America. It used to be all about food but isn’t any longer. Listen along as we look out how the Industrial Revolution - especially around food - runs on salt. And how the living away from the farm and shopping in the stores needs salt to happen at all.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
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    32 分
  • 173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City

    173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City
    2026/06/17
    This week I talk to

    Designers, Authors and Storytellers Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder about their book
    The Pickled CIty Availible in Bookstores now!

    We dive into the history, culture and importance of place of pickles. I also learn a few things about why pickles are that way. So listen in to this extra long bonus episode on Pickles, Salt and History

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
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    49 分
  • 173 Potatoes for Frontier & Factory

    173 Potatoes for Frontier & Factory
    2026/06/10
    How did America become the land of Meat & Potatoes


    I don't have all the answers yet - but I think I've found the well spring of the "& potatoes" portion. I'm about to sneak up on the big answer to the meat.
    But in the meantime, we look at whether you can have factory culture at the same time you pushing out a wild frontier - and what the potato has to do with it.

    Side quests - the origin on the French Fry, the Potato Chip and Breakfast Hash - not to mention why didn't America get the potato blight. (short answer... actually, we did)

    Tune in for lots of Potato News

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
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    32 分