Bread and Thread

#29 – Eating Chocolate 28.03.2021 42:23 ↓

How we got chocolate bars, and a cake not named after a pretender to the throne

#28 – Hot Cocoa 14.03.2021 51:22 ↓

What do Mother's Day (today in the UK) and Easter have in common? Chocolate! Learn who vowed never to drink the stuff, and who made a chocolate...apple?

#27 – Tyrian Purple 28.02.2021 47:28 ↓

How a colour almost extincted (is that a word?) a species, and the world's best cheese on toast

#26 – Tea 14.02.2021 42:35 ↓

How did Britain become a nation of tea-drinkers? Why is there a statue of a cuttlefish in Setúbal, Portugal?

#25 – Therese de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework 31.01.2021 43:23 ↓

An 1880s embroidery idol

#24 – Tin Openers 17.01.2021 47:27 ↓

Discover what Hazel will do for soup, and the origin of sloe gin

#23 – Christmas Pudding 03.01.2021 54:51 ↓

What exactly is a pudding? And what exactly is Irn-Bru? patreon.com/breadandthread

#22 – Forks 20.12.2020 35:50 ↓

Discover which actual real life saint was anti-fork. Also, eels!

#21 – Arsenic Dye 06.12.2020 49:56 ↓

Our special guest Cate talks about deadly dyes, and Liz reveals the controversial nature of fish 'n' chips

#20 – The Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices 22.11.2020 42:17 ↓

Probably the world's wildest cookbook (though we are very willing to be shown wilder ones) Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#19 – Ersatz Food 08.11.2020 45:13 ↓

Episode Notes Liz gets emotional over people making do, and Hazel teaches us about elderflowers Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#18 – Jack O'Lanterns 25.10.2020 36:12 ↓

Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#17 – Acorns 11.10.2020 35:58 ↓

patreon.com/breadandthread Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#16 – The Cotton Famine 26.09.2020 34:48 ↓

patreon.com/breadandthread Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#15 – Fanny Farmer and the Boston Cook Book 13.09.2020 40:46 ↓

Max's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaGKqPZnGp_7N80hcHySGQ Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#14 – Knitting in Prison 30.08.2020 42:26 ↓

Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#13 – Trifle 16.08.2020 33:28 ↓

Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#12 – Rum 02.08.2020 34:23 ↓

Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#11 – Temperance Bars 19.07.2020 36:51 ↓

https://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk/ https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/ Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#10 – Alexandre Dumas 05.07.2020 38:11 ↓

Dumas was a foodie, who knew?! Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#9 – Peanuts and George Washington Carver 21.06.2020 31:16 ↓

Learn the true value of a peanut, and about the man who worked it out. Local larder: strawberry shortcake Transcript available at pencilpaper.org

#8 – Embroidery Samplers 07.06.2020 36:04 ↓

V&A Samplers: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70028/sampler-unknown/ Show you'd be a great wife by sewing bible verses on things I guess

#7 – Dandelions 24.05.2020 36:15 ↓

A surprisingly useful plant with a bad reputation, and a delicious Easter treat

#6 – Country Wines 10.05.2020 44:52 ↓

Why stick to grapes when you can ferment anything you have to hand. Also, Lancashire does not know what cake is

#5 – The Forme of Cury 26.04.2020 43:26 ↓

Transcript Opening music LIZ Hello and welcome to bread and thread, a podcast about food and domestic history. I’m liz. HAZEL I’m hazel. We’re two people who studied archaeology together and love history. LIZ Today we are joined by our lovely producer and also my spouse Nick Blake. NICK Hello HAZEL I like this, podcast with Nick. LIZ If you listen to the other podcast i do you will have heard them...