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  • 120 Corn - The National Vegetable

    120 Corn - The National Vegetable
    2024/05/29
    Corn is so hot right now. No other crop even comes close in the 19th century.

    This week corn grows up and shows up everywhere but on the fanciest of tables. It's mush, it's booze, it's pork & beef and butter... and fancy pleated collars.

    But wait, there's more! It was important in the Napoleonic Wars, and the power shifts in Ireland. And ithelped drive America's first major economic depression. Pretty powerful for a little grain.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    30 分
  • Announcement: Every Other Week

    Announcement: Every Other Week
    2024/05/23
    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 this baby rolling along.


    Every other week baby!

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    3 分
  • Crossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4

    Crossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4
    2024/05/17
    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 context to 17th Century Japan.

    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast
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    1 時間 27 分
  • 119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That

    119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That
    2024/05/15
    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 power made inventing metal stuff possible, and how important the screw is to the development of American food.
    And learn how they way humans fight wars and travel the earth has never been the same since the introduction of canned and jarred food

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    29 分
  • 118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part

    118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part
    2024/05/08
    (Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: PCG)

    Silly me, I thought I could encompass the whole can and glass jar thing in one episode. I was wrong.

    Instead this episode talks about early bottling, the introduction of canning and how it was used in the early 19th century. And there's lots of talk about botulinum toxin and botulism... a fear of my childhood, but a cosmetic procedure today. Who knew?

    So to learn about the steps that lead to canned food coming in glass jars - tune in!

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    28 分
  • Crossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3

    Crossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3
    2024/05/03
    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
    Prizefighters Circus Freak & Gangsters Podcast

    We are like this ALL the time, and you get to learn ALL the new stuff - ok all the new stuff about the old stuff.

    Come enjoy it all.

    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast
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  • 117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent

    117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent
    2024/05/01
    (Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: PCG)

    This week it’s glass - a history.
    We talk sand (SAND!) fire, volcanos and sharp things. Minerals, amorphous materials and how glass is a solid and not even a little a liquid.

    What was glass before it was windows - or even see through? And how badly did the early Americans want glass? Bad enough that they lured European glass makers here - with the promise of plenty of fuel, plenty of sand (SAND!) and an apparently forever growing market. Along with slightly less hard work with the promise of mechanization.

    So stand back, but look on at the shiny hot stuff and learn some facts about the history of glass.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    29 分
  • 116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever

    116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever
    2024/04/26
    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 sweeteners grow! It's not just all sugar anymore. Corn syrup appears. The sugar beet is made real.

    For the video where that either nostalgic OR brnad new sugar beet ditty comes from... here's the link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZNSGdg2ms

    I'll be sending out a toffee recipe in the socials as soon as I get myself together. Moving house and all that!

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