The History of American Food

Digging out the rest of the vegetables our 17th Century pre-Americans were eating. But really showing how vegetables are involved in the North-South rift, and just how early that started. While it was partly the weather, it turns out religion, economics, labor policies and farm kids vs. city kids all had a hand in it. I was surprised how what could have been a very small topic went so for afield....

How and why the 17th century colonists made a distinction between pumpkin and squash. One was good and the other bad. Spoiler alert - those Puritan Pilgrims had some ideas about bright colors and what made a loose woman. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit:...

Pease/Peas and Beans and the other ones. Unglamorous, but dependable, legumes have been with humans for a long time. Untangling Old World & New World beans, and why you never eat New World Beans raw. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doct...

We love our perishables now, but they were both welcome and considered worthless in the 17th Century. Is that dandelion food or medicine? What about that mulberry? Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehi...

There are other things that cause pirates, but restrictive shipping rules, navigation acts and tariffs - enforced from over 8 weeks away definitely causes pirates. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehi...

A chemistry tangent on salt - 17th Century Style Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @T...

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 industrial in the 17th century. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Note...

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 up for history, more trivia, and one way global silver and salt are BFF's. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit...

How important was 17th Century fish? And how did people keep and prepare fish when there was no refrigeration? Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryo...

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 England, the Mid-Atlantic or the South. For all three groups Corn was Life. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Cred...

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, not just to the east coast, but all over the world? Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doct...

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 take a little while, but the seeds are planted in kitchen and in trade. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit:...

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 the 19th Century. These ideas will return in each century. I don't go deep down the hole, just show you were it is. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fi...

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://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryof...

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 iron to make chains to enslave Native Americans and Africans. How did the colonists talk themselves into this? How far back did it start? Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOA...

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 Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmeri...

Sure, Iron's not a food - but it is an essential part of how America does food. We'll go back to the beginning and look at how the very 1st settlements' dependance on iron shaped how they saw food. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor...

What is this podcast? How in the world am I going to do the History of American Food without getting lost? For a quick preview try this introduction. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Twitter: @THOAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes:  https://thehistoryofamerica...