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138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future
Season 4
To Market to market to buy a fat pig
Home again home again jiggety jig...
But how did those pigs get to market in the first place?
On their own 4 feet! That's right, there's more than one way to concen…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or Another Thing?
Season 4
This week I've gone crackers. I've wondered for awhile why it's biscuits everywhere else - but sometimes ... it's crackers.
I mean, the most British of British claymation - Wallace and Grommit, whe…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
136 America is Made of Bread & Steel
Season 4
Sure - people say America is built on A LOT of things, but the rise of Industrial America depends on two things - Bread and Steel. Steel to make the Great American Dessert into the Great American Br…
Published on 10 months ago
Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime
Season 4
For those of you listenting along at home - a little reminder, these are just filler episodes from the other podcast project I was playing around with. If you want that feed and not this one - hop o…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise
Season 4
Welcome to the messy alcoholic beverage scene in the early 19th century. Migration, mechanization and new profit centers are all going to shift how alcoholic beverages are made and regarded in early…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime
Season 4
*THIS* is the don't listen at work part of the feed.
I'll include this for all the naughty episodes. And Zorro - he's a Bad Boy? Bad Girl?
Oh heck... it's just how bad people can be when it all bec…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew
Season 4
This episode wwas one for the books. So many many books.
And the reading and researching of all those recipes showed me that - once again - some of the assumptions I went in with were way off!
Chick…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure
Season 4
This episode is a not a love letter, more of a crush note about Romania.
I’m at the point of fascination. I don’t know a lot about Romania, really, and they definitely know nothing about me, but w…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before
Season 4
Did you know there was no "stew" before the 18th Century?
OK - there was stew, it's just that it went by all sorts of other names. While the concept of stew is old, the word "stew" itself is only abo…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships
Season 4
This week’s bonus episode is an interview I did with Rich Napolitano of the delightfully dark and decidedly educational podcast highlighting the Age of Sail - Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs - Tales of Misha…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago