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089.5 Bonus Protein - Stringy
Season 3
Send in your Questions! Chemistry Class for food is back and this time it is protein. Again, no tests and no homework.
Fascinating Topics Addressed:
Wh…
3 years, 5 months ago
089 18th Century Housekeeping - Inside Edition
Season 2
Shout out to the National Park Service! Hallowell Furnace is a beautiful spot all full of history.
So what does it take to run an 18th century house …
3 years, 5 months ago
088 Fat & Frying in the 18th Century
Season 2
Deep Fat Frying has come to the North American British colonies... how far away could the French fry be?
Not the question I'm answering. Not yet. In…
3 years, 5 months ago
087 18th Century Transportation - Part II
Season 2
Time to send me question for the end of Season 2 question show!
Getting around the colonies.
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, there is way more water tra…
3 years, 5 months ago
086 18th Century Transportation - Part I
Season 2
Tell me about your local library or history resource!
Round 2: Her Half of History - written and presented by Lori Davis
https://herhalfofhistory.com/
T…
3 years, 6 months ago
085 Foraging is for Losers - Stay in the Farmyard
Season 2
Tell me about your local library or history resource!
Round 1: Kelsey Creek Farm - sheep shearing, farm life and animal care
https://bellevuewa.gov/cit…
3 years, 6 months ago
084 Pemmican - Why it’s Called That, What it is, How it’s Made, and How it Changed the World
Season 2
Pemmican Week - Part 1 - the intro. (Part 2 comes in a later season)
It’s a favorite food for a variety of American Fad diets that cost a lot to follo…
3 years, 6 months ago
083 Turning Wild Game into Food is A Lot of Work - 18th Century Hunting
Season 2
This week I deal pretty frankly with the facts of turning animals into food. There is a little discussion of blood and guts - and how removing them f…
3 years, 7 months ago
082 Coffee me in the Caribbean, Sugar - the 18th Century Quest for Liquid Vigor
Season 2
I love coffee and I love sugar (and tea and chocolate for the record). This is clearly a typical human response. I am also unhappy about their hist…
3 years, 7 months ago
081 Ketchup - the 18th Century Name for Umami
Season 2
If for no other reason, listen this week to hear me say "Worcestershire" while looking at the word.
This week it's ketchup - and what it was before to…
3 years, 7 months ago