The History of American Food

By Margaret Hardin

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HardyCoins
 Feb 14, 2025
Incredibly informative while being subtly yet surprisingly hilarious!

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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

Episode Date
150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good
Jul 23, 2025
149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture
Jul 09, 2025
148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle
Jun 25, 2025
147 How to Survive Drinking Milk in the Early 19th Century
Jun 11, 2025
146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms?
May 28, 2025
145 Mushroom History - Food Edition & What Eactly is a Mushroom Anyway?
May 14, 2025
144 Early 19th Century Apples - the Fruit of Progress & Propaganda
Apr 30, 2025
143 Oats & Hay - Grass Powers the Early 19th Century World
Apr 16, 2025
142 Are Chickens Alternate Reality Pigs?
Apr 02, 2025
141 The Forking of America - When We Start to Stop Eating with our Hands
Mar 19, 2025
140 Tasty Preseerved Pork - Early 19th Century Ham & Sausage plus Scrapple
Mar 05, 2025
139 How to Eat Pork in the Early 19th Century
Feb 19, 2025
138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future
Feb 05, 2025
137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or Another Thing?
Jan 22, 2025
136 America is Made of Bread & Steel
Jan 08, 2025
Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime
Dec 27, 2024
135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise
Dec 18, 2024
Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime
Dec 13, 2024
134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew
Dec 04, 2024
133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure
Nov 29, 2024
133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before
Nov 20, 2024
132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships
Nov 13, 2024
132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds
Nov 06, 2024
Crossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela - Now With Twins - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon Prime
Nov 02, 2024
131 The Fruits and Nuts of America - The Natives, Not the Imports
Oct 23, 2024
Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon Prime
Oct 18, 2024
130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and the Vegetable Diet
Oct 09, 2024
Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon Prime
Oct 04, 2024
129 America Goes on a Diet - A History
Sep 25, 2024
BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily
Sep 18, 2024
128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things
Sep 11, 2024
Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon Prime
Sep 06, 2024
127 Old World Cake - New World Cake
Aug 28, 2024
Crossover... Part 10: The End, Or Is It? Is there a Shogun Multiverse Now? - Shogun Ep 10
Aug 23, 2024
126 You Batter Tell Me Where You Went - Puddin'
Aug 14, 2024
Crossover... Part 9: Death & Other Heartbreaks - Shogun Ep 9
Aug 09, 2024
125 Slow Bread, Quick Bread, Iron Kettle Bread, Pan Bread
Jul 31, 2024
Crossover... Part 8: Of Course It's A Trap - Shogun Ep 8
Jul 27, 2024
124 The Beginning of the End of Fish Variety
Jul 18, 2024
Crossover... Part 7: Emo Lyrics & Silly Hats - Shogun Ep 7
Jul 12, 2024
123 Oysters on Ice - An Amazingly Important Piece in Building American Food
Jul 03, 2024
Crossover... Part 6: If You Stay War, Don't Gotta Get War - Shogun Ep 6
Jun 28, 2024
122.5 Bonus - Frostbite with Nicola Twilley - I Break my Own Rules
Jun 26, 2024
122 Ice - A Curious Material
Jun 19, 2024
121 Salt & Other Chemicals
Jun 12, 2024
Crossover... Part 5: 044 Truly Earthshaking - Shogun Ep 5
Jun 07, 2024
120 Corn - The National Vegetable
May 29, 2024
Announcement: Every Other Week
May 23, 2024
Crossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4
May 17, 2024
119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That
May 15, 2024
118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part
May 08, 2024
Crossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3
May 03, 2024
117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent
May 01, 2024
116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever
Apr 26, 2024
Crossover... Part 2: 041 Oh Sure Just Die and Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2
Apr 19, 2024
115 Iron - Lets Get Cooking
Apr 17, 2024
114 - America at Last - What Does it Look Like Now?
Apr 10, 2024
Special Ep Crossover: 040 This Time in Japan - Shogun Ep 1
Apr 03, 2024
Season 4 Promo - Now we get moving!
Mar 27, 2024
End of Season 3 - But the Adventure is Only Starting
Feb 28, 2024
113 Drugs in the Age of War & Adventure - More than You Thought
Feb 21, 2024
112 Thirsty on the Trail - Who's Drinking What Where
Feb 14, 2024
111 Wild Game for War & Adventure
Feb 07, 2024
110 The Pemmican Wars - One Era Ends and Something Else Begins
Jan 31, 2024
109 Farmyard Meat and Packaged Fish for War & Adventure
Jan 23, 2024
108 Wood - Essential for Food, War & Adventure
Dec 20, 2023
107 Squash 'n Taters - Corner Fillers
Dec 07, 2023
106 The Waning of Vegetables and Variety as America is on the Move
Nov 15, 2023
105 Birds Are Like Berries - For the Pluckin'
Nov 08, 2023
104 Are Rabbits American Food?
Nov 01, 2023
103 Pirates, Privateers, Smugglers & Slavers
Oct 25, 2023
102 Gumbo & Jambalaya - 3-Flags Day Versions
Oct 18, 2023
101 How Louisiana Became America & the Food Riches we Snagged in the Purchase
Oct 11, 2023
100 Oysters for Action & The Code is Food
Oct 04, 2023
099 Rice Is Too Nice For These Times
Sep 27, 2023
098 A Thirst For Salt
Sep 21, 2023
097 I Thought There Were More Fish?
Sep 13, 2023
096 American Wheat - Better Mills & Military Bread
Sep 06, 2023
095 War Corn
Aug 30, 2023
094 Changes to Sugar World
Aug 23, 2023
093 Iron - Supplying the Battle Front & the Home Front 1776-1815
Aug 16, 2023
092 Iron - an Explainer of Iron Technology in Baby America
Aug 08, 2023
091 The War Years 1776 - 1815
Aug 02, 2023
Season 3 Promo
Jul 12, 2023
End of Season 2
Jun 07, 2023
090 18th Century Housekeeping - Everbody Outside
May 31, 2023
089.5 Bonus Protein - Stringy
May 27, 2023
089 18th Century Housekeeping - Inside Edition
May 24, 2023
088 Fat & Frying in the 18th Century
May 17, 2023
087 18th Century Transportation - Part II
May 10, 2023
086 18th Century Transportation - Part I
May 03, 2023
085 Foraging is for Losers - Stay in the Farmyard
Apr 26, 2023
084 Pemmican - Why it’s Called That, What it is, How it’s Made, and How it Changed the World
Apr 19, 2023
083 Turning Wild Game into Food is A Lot of Work - 18th Century Hunting
Apr 05, 2023
082 Coffee me in the Caribbean, Sugar - the 18th Century Quest for Liquid Vigor
Mar 29, 2023
081 Ketchup - the 18th Century Name for Umami
Mar 22, 2023
080 Tomatoes & Other Foreign Fruits - The Conundrum
Mar 15, 2023
079 Potatoes & Other Possibly Foreign Vegetables
Mar 08, 2023
078 I Said Mixed Drinks. These are Definitely Not Cocktails - 18th Century Social Drinking
Mar 01, 2023
077 Whisk(e)y Pulls Alongside Rum - Adventures and Economies of 18th Century Distilled Liquors
Feb 22, 2023
076 Colonial Wine – the Tedious and Extensive Reasons Why There Wasn’t Any in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Feb 15, 2023
075 A Horse's Life - 18th Century Colonial Style
Feb 08, 2023
074 18th Century Colonial Eggs & Associated Chicken Facts
Feb 01, 2023
073 18th Century Hogs - The Start of the Pork Industry
Jan 25, 2023
072 18th Century Pumpkins - Not Exciting
Jan 18, 2023
071 Thar She Blows – The Rise of the 18th Century Oil Industry
Jan 11, 2023
070 The History of Whaling
Jan 04, 2023
069.5 Bonus - Ice Science, Fire Science & Energy
Dec 21, 2022
069 18th Century Deer are Somehow Rustic & Fancy & Money
Dec 14, 2022
068 Wood Part II - Charcoal, BBQ & Mellowed Spirits & a Peek at War
Dec 07, 2022
067 Wood Part I - Money in Masts & Barrels
Nov 30, 2022
Reprise! 030 Turkey - No Disasters - Just the Bird
Nov 23, 2022
066 You Call That a Biscuit?
Nov 16, 2022
065 Cream & Pudding & Cake that is Not a Lie
Nov 09, 2022
064 Milk & Butter Money
Nov 02, 2022
063 Beef - It's American Food Now
Oct 26, 2022
062 Rice - In the Carolina Kitchen
Oct 19, 2022
061 18th Century North American Rice - A History
Oct 12, 2022
060 Cider - The Drink of Liberty! Only Royalists Drink Beer
Oct 05, 2022
059 Beer - That Good Civilized Drink, Cider is for Rubes!
Sep 28, 2022
058 Tarts & Sweet Pies
Sep 21, 2022
057 Pie - Savory Kinds & the Original Hot Pockets
Sep 14, 2022
056 Wheat & Barley - The Rise of 18th Century American Tech
Sep 07, 2022
055 18th Century Legumes - Creating the American Bean
Aug 31, 2022
054.5 Bonus Scurvy - What it is, How to Cure it & Why Modern Society Keeps Bringing it Back
Aug 17, 2022
054 18th Century Oranges - Bitter, not Sweet
Aug 03, 2022
053 18th Century Gardens - For Use or Delight
Jul 20, 2022
052 18th Century Pre-Revolutionary Tea
Jul 13, 2022
051 Lemons & Pineapples - The Caribbean Invasion
Jul 06, 2022
050.5 Bonus The Quickening - What 17th & 18th Century Cookbooks have to say about Pregnancy & Women's Bodies
Jun 29, 2022
050 18th Century British Colonial Mercantilism - Now With More Pirates
Jun 22, 2022
049 Oysters & Lesser Shellfish
Jun 15, 2022
048 Salt - How to Make it in America
Jun 08, 2022
047 Fish For Everybody - For Now
Jun 01, 2022
046 Corn is American Now
May 25, 2022
045 Sugar & Molasses - Good Jam and Bad Beer
May 18, 2022
044 Iron, Bricks & the Invention of Toast
May 11, 2022
043 Iron - Building the Home Industry
May 05, 2022
Season 2 Preview
Apr 27, 2022
042.5 Bonus - History of Distillation
Apr 06, 2022
End of Season 1
Mar 09, 2022
042 The Labor Situation 1661 - 1699
Mar 02, 2022
041 Housekeeping - Domestic Labor Before 1660
Mar 02, 2022
040 17th Century Fast Food
Feb 23, 2022
039 Varmints - Eating the Wild
Feb 16, 2022
038 Spice - Worth Taking Over the World
Feb 09, 2022
037 Rum - The Most Profitable Industrial Waste of the 17th Century
Feb 02, 2022
036 Fat - All that Moral Weight
Jan 26, 2022
035.5 Bonus - Soap is Made of Fat
Jan 20, 2022
035 Fat - Liquid Gold
Jan 19, 2022
034 Horses - Americans Don't Eat Them Except When We Do
Jan 12, 2022
033 Stimulants - Wired for Discovery
Jan 05, 2022
032 Double Dutch - Part 2 of New Amsterdam's Influence on American Food
Dec 23, 2021
031 Donut Disappoint Me - New Amsterdam and the Dutch Part 1
Dec 08, 2021
Series Trailer - The History of American Food
Dec 03, 2021
030 Turkey - the Bird: A Very Special Thanksgiving Episode
Nov 24, 2021
029 Eggs and Scrawny Colonial Chickens
Nov 10, 2021
028 Apple Cider, Other Fruit Wines & Vinegar - Are We Drunk or Just Pickled?
Nov 03, 2021
027 Apples - How a Global Fruit Made its Mark on the New World
Oct 27, 2021
026 Pigs - The Terrifying Swine of the 17th Century
Oct 20, 2021
025 Pickle - We Really Are in One Now
Oct 13, 2021
024 Wood and Wood Accessories - Can't Have American Food Without Them
Oct 06, 2021
023 Deer and Venison - What a Difference a Flint Makes
Sep 29, 2021
022 Bread - From Ashen Corn Cakes to Wheaten Loaves
Sep 22, 2021
021 Beer - It's Pilgrim Breakfast, We Are Not Drunk Yet
Sep 15, 2021
020 Wheat & Barley - Missing Real Bread & Beer
Sep 08, 2021
019 Butter & Cheese - Finally, Some Dairy We Can Sell
Sep 01, 2021
018 Milk - New, Clabber, Sour & Cream
Aug 17, 2021
017 Beef - It's Almost Never for Dinner
Aug 03, 2021
016 The American Cow - Origin Story
Jul 21, 2021
015 Pickles, Pie, Pottage & Stew - Meet the Rest of the Vegetable Crew
Jul 07, 2021
014 Pumpkins and Squash - What's the Difference?
Jun 23, 2021
013 Legumes - Old World & New
Jun 09, 2021
012 Herbs, Flowers & Berries - Not Worth a Thing
May 26, 2021
011 Mercantilism - Do You Want Pirates?
May 19, 2021
010.5 Bonus - Extra Salt
May 17, 2021
010 Salt - Saving Food for Later
May 12, 2021
009 Salt - A Solid Foundation
May 05, 2021
008 Fish - Cod and Some Other Things
Apr 28, 2021
007 Corn - Is Life
Apr 21, 2021
006 Corn - The Journey of Maize
Apr 14, 2021
005 $ugar - Let's Make Some Money. Oh, And a Little Dessert
Apr 07, 2021
004.5 Bonus - Humorism & Solidism
Apr 02, 2021
004 Sugar - A History
Mar 31, 2021
003 Iron - Chains
Mar 24, 2021
002 Iron - Sharp Things and Blunderbusses
Mar 17, 2021
001 Iron - Out of the Ground and Onto the Table
Mar 10, 2021
Introduction - Let's Start
Mar 10, 2021