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038 Spice - Worth Taking Over the World
Season 1
So I'm reading along about the Spice Islands and start to wonder - was #Dune just Frank Herbert vibing out in Big University Archives and smoking too…
4 years, 8 months ago
037 Rum - The Most Profitable Industrial Waste of the 17th Century
Season 1
The debut of Rum - or Kill-Devil as it was known at first. Regardless, this was a bad liquor, and it was how you let other people know you were bad.…
4 years, 9 months ago
036 Fat - All that Moral Weight
Season 1
Less Food and more Religious Baggage! I really know how to liven up a conversation. I was so taken aback at the preserved ire at humans just living…
4 years, 9 months ago
035.5 Bonus - Soap is Made of Fat
Season 1
Soap - Just what is soap, and what makes soap... soapy? How do you make it? Is it better or worse than chemical detergents? And how were people gett…
4 years, 9 months ago
035 Fat - Liquid Gold
Season 1
Fat – and not for just this week, but next week too. I foolishly thought I could get through this in one week. Not so. As a result this week is fa…
4 years, 9 months ago
034 Horses - Americans Don't Eat Them Except When We Do
Season 1
Wild horses, feral horses, eatin' horses - only 2 of those exist in 17th Century America. The eating and not eating of horses has shifted across Eur…
4 years, 9 months ago
033 Stimulants - Wired for Discovery
Season 1
Caffeine, Nicotine & Theobromine - along with the printing press and sugar all arrived in a big way in Europe in the 17th Century. They each affecte…
4 years, 10 months ago
032 Double Dutch - Part 2 of New Amsterdam's Influence on American Food
Season 1
Part 2 of the 17th Century Dutch colonial influence on Modern American food. Doing doughnuts before they were cool - or maple bars. Also a quick pe…
4 years, 10 months ago
031 Donut Disappoint Me - New Amsterdam and the Dutch Part 1
Season 1
What portion of what we think of American food has its feet in Dutch clogs? I'm not entirely sure, but the research tells me it is more than I thoug…
4 years, 11 months ago
Series Trailer - The History of American Food
Season 1
Do you want to listen? You want to listen, and learn about why American food is the way it is. Grab a red Solo cup and some Popcorn.
Music Credit: F…
4 years, 11 months ago