Podcast Episodes

153 Coffee Finds a New Home

Season 4

Wake up America!  Coffee is on its way to becoming the drink of the people.  Sure Cider and Beer are out there... but coffee is coming up on the outs…

1 year, 1 month ago

152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable

Season 4

Last show on the substandard mic - but the paper towel as popfilter helped some.

Let's talk tea - what tea were people drinking in the early 19th cent…

1 year, 2 months ago

151 The First Chinese Food in America

Season 4

First of all - sorry about the diferent mic.  But this way we get the episode.  I'll see what I can do to make things better for next ep - and all wi…

1 year, 2 months ago

150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good

Season 4

Think you're fancy with your lobster roll... or did you get it from a Massachusetts McDonalds?

All are possible... and much more - including death by …

1 year, 3 months ago

149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture

Season 4

Have you ever thought how we got here - that farm land is all AWAY and houses are all in close?

That products come to you... and packaging is often mo…

1 year, 3 months ago

148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle

Season 4

What happens when you grow more cows to make more milk to make more cheese and butter?
You end up with more oxen that can't make milk - but are useful…

1 year, 4 months ago

147 How to Survive Drinking Milk in the Early 19th Century

Season 4

So you are a typical early 19th Century American type... 

Is there a dairy scene?  Yes.
But are you drinking milk?  Maybe... and probobly only for brea…

1 year, 4 months ago

146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms?

Season 4

Check out the NCPTT... while it's still there, and maybe find an unexpectedly cool place to live.  Or maybe a cool woodworking job.
https://www.nps.go…

1 year, 5 months ago

145 Mushroom History - Food Edition & What Eactly is a Mushroom Anyway?

While last episode was drowning in information - this week when hunting down mushroom info... it's a bit of a desert.  But no worries, there's still …

1 year, 5 months ago

144 Early 19th Century Apples - the Fruit of Progress & Propaganda

Season 4

This week - it’s time to look at the connection between westward American Expansion and the apple. How is the apple all tangled up with our creation …

1 year, 6 months ago