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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
080 Tomatoes & Other Foreign Fruits - The Conundrum
Season 2
This week it's fruit's turn, and time to learn which fruits are locals, which are imports and how they got to North America, and into the colonial pa…
3 years, 7 months ago
079 Potatoes & Other Possibly Foreign Vegetables
Season 2
All the "normal" colonial vegetables were foreign. Or they were imports anyway. Except for the famous ones - pumpkins (which are a fruit) and corn (w…
3 years, 8 months ago
078 I Said Mixed Drinks. These are Definitely Not Cocktails - 18th Century Social Drinking
Season 2
Turns out colonists were making mixed drinks in America... before there was America, or cocktails (officially). Some were elborate and required prep-…
3 years, 8 months ago
077 Whisk(e)y Pulls Alongside Rum - Adventures and Economies of 18th Century Distilled Liquors
Season 2
THe 17th century was the age of Rum. The 18th century has a new fighter, Whisky or Whiskey - choose your spelling.
How is happened, and where it was m…
3 years, 8 months ago
076 Colonial Wine – the Tedious and Extensive Reasons Why There Wasn’t Any in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Season 2
Was there wine in the North American British Colonies?
No, but yes. There was pricey imported wine, and there were also other fruit wines - including …
3 years, 8 months ago
075 A Horse's Life - 18th Century Colonial Style
Season 2
Horses - it's an issue we've basically used the whole country and most of history to run away from. Find out how the American horse problem started …
3 years, 9 months ago
074 18th Century Colonial Eggs & Associated Chicken Facts
Season 2
Eggs & Chickens
In the 18th century eggs made practical and fancy food (cake!). Chickens made fancy food. Or at least special occasion food. If you…
3 years, 9 months ago
073 18th Century Hogs - The Start of the Pork Industry
Season 2
Hey!
Hey, Guess what?
Did you know that pigs have many names... and many fats. No, please. Wait. Don't run away from me. I'm really here to talk ab…
3 years, 9 months ago
072 18th Century Pumpkins - Not Exciting
Season 2
This week we are about to lose an original member off the leader board.
But before the pumpkin slips away for a few seasons, I'll share with you why A…
3 years, 9 months ago