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010 Salt - Saving Food for Later
Season 1
How salty was 17th Century American food? Very, very salty. The fridge of the age. I'll talk about how the salt was made and used and why salt went i…
5 years, 5 months ago
009 Salt - A Solid Foundation
Season 1
Can't live without it... wouldn't want to live without it. So the development of industry, tax, and cuisine are all tied up here with salt. Listen …
5 years, 5 months ago
008 Fish - Cod and Some Other Things
Season 1
How important was 17th Century fish? And how did people keep and prepare fish when there was no refrigeration?
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofameric…
5 years, 6 months ago
007 Corn - Is Life
Season 1
Corn really is how 17th Century colonists either just didn't die - or made fortunes. There are 3 different versions depending on if you were in New …
5 years, 6 months ago
006 Corn - The Journey of Maize
Season 1
Corn has come a long way from that little grass, teosinte, near Oaxaca State, Mexico. Where did it go on its travels, and how the heck did it get, n…
5 years, 6 months ago
005 $ugar - Let's Make Some Money. Oh, And a Little Dessert
Season 1
Sugar changed the world in the 17th Century. It became a way to make lots of money - and changed the map of North America. The changes to food will…
5 years, 6 months ago
004.5 Bonus - Humorism & Solidism
Season 1
Here's where I didn't go in the Sugar History episode. This shows the bones of how medical thinking worked until germ theory got off the ground in t…
5 years, 7 months ago
004 Sugar - A History
Season 1
Where is sugar even from? When did it make it to Europe? How did it get to the West Indies? I have questions.
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofameri…
5 years, 7 months ago
003 Iron - Chains
Season 1
When everything – including making food – is done by muscle power – how did Colonial America decide to get more for less? In many cases – by using i…
5 years, 7 months ago
002 Iron - Sharp Things and Blunderbusses
Season 1
Tools and Weapons – this is what lots of the iron was used for. How were they connected to colonial food?
Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtl…
5 years, 7 months ago