Podcast Episodes

154 Fashionable Vegetables from Europe & Stealth Ones from America

Season 4

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by finding a place to visit and get involved at 
NEEFAUSA.og
or
NPS.gov

And get into what was getting to be popular as vegetables in the early 19th century.

How did Avo…

Published on 9 hours ago

153 Coffee Finds a New Home

Season 4

Wake up America!  Coffee is on its way to becoming the drink of the people.  Sure Cider and Beer are out there... but coffee is coming up on the outside.

But how did one brew coffee in the 19th centur…

Published on 2 weeks ago

152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable

Season 4

Last show on the substandard mic - but the paper towel as popfilter helped some.

Let's talk tea - what tea were people drinking in the early 19th century?  The answer was almost uniformly, "bad tea". …

Published on 4 weeks ago

151 The First Chinese Food in America

Season 4

First of all - sorry about the diferent mic.  But this way we get the episode.  I'll see what I can do to make things better for next ep - and all will be back to normal by the one after that.

Anyway …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

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

Season 4

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

All are possible... and much more - including death by lobster poisoning.

To get more of the story - tune …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

Season 4

Have you ever thought how we got here - that farm land is all AWAY and houses are all in close?

That products come to you... and packaging is often more important than the thing inside?
That didn't hap…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

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

Season 4

What happens when you grow more cows to make more milk to make more cheese and butter?
You end up with more oxen that can't make milk - but are useful as a source of beef.

And this works out well when …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Season 4

So you are a typical early 19th Century American type... 

Is there a dairy scene?  Yes.
But are you drinking milk?  Maybe... and probobly only for breakfast.
Ok... but is it Raw Milk?  Most likely not.

I…

Published on 3 months ago

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

Season 4

Check out the NCPTT... while it's still there, and maybe find an unexpectedly cool place to live.  Or maybe a cool woodworking job.
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ncptt/index.htm

Hey - so were early Amer…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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... it's a bit of a desert.  But no worries, there's still fun stuff to be learned - mainly just what is a mu…

Published on 4 months ago