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Alas... a 3 Week Break
Season 6
Hang in there ... and I'll be back.
Hopefully - some interesting posts on the Socials Media
Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
Substack: https…
3 months ago
178 The History of Paper
Season 6
This week we go back in time to learn about how we got paper.
It's been with us for a long time, but until the end of the 19th century it was mostly o…
3 months, 1 week ago
177 Bringing the Sea's Bounty to You - In a Can - But at what Cost?
Season 6
Wanna see bears? goto Explore.org
See how many Alaskan canneries there where? Or see more about the Diamond NN Cannery?
Follow the links
And then liste…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
176 New Technology for American Corn
Season 1
Today's corn episode I am reminded that my intial question of do I include corn in my logo or not? I made the correct decision. Corn is there - but…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
175 New American Sugar
Season 6
Sugar can reasonably be called "The White Stuff"
It makes us happy - and yet people are willing to abuse it, and commit crimes to make it happen.
The l…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt
Season 6
This week is the start of a few shows on the bad mic. And it is all my fault.
But "A" mic is still better than no show at all.
Let’s talk salt in late…
4 months ago
173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City
Season 6
This week I talk to
Designers, Authors and Storytellers Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder about their book
The Pickled CIty Availible in Bookst…
4 months, 1 week ago
173 Potatoes for Frontier & Factory
Season 6
How did America become the land of Meat & Potatoes
I don't have all the answers yet - but I think I've found the well spring of the "& potatoes" porti…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
172 The Potato - A History
Season 6
Po-tay-toes
Where are they from? Why do we call them Irish? Are they poisonous? And what was the blight? I answer all these questions and more - a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
171 Iron Has New Jobs in Food
Season 6
Iron is back and it has a bunch of new tricks up it sleeves. Sure we still cook on it - but it's doing lots of other new things it has never done be…
5 months ago