Episodes

  • Crossover... Part 4: Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4

    Crossover... Part 4: Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4
    May 17 2024
    Want to get more of the Shogun?

    Head over to Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - we're up to Ep 7!
    BUt in the meantime... you can just sit back and listen to us take apart and give context to 17th Century Japan.

    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • 119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That

    119 More Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mason Jars & All That
    May 15 2024
    It's officially the appearance of the Mason. Jar in American Food.

    You get to learn about how lack. of child labor protections made it possible, and how inventing stuff in the food preservation doesn't seem to make you rich.

    Learnn about how water power made inventing metal stuff possible, and how important the screw is to the development of American food.
    And learn how they way humans fight wars and travel the earth has never been the same since the introduction of canned and jarred food

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    29 mins
  • 118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part

    118 Radical Changes to 19th Century Food Storage - Mostly the Metal Can Part
    May 8 2024
    (Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: PCG)

    Silly me, I thought I could encompass the whole can and glass jar thing in one episode. I was wrong.

    Instead this episode talks about early bottling, the introduction of canning and how it was used in the early 19th century. And there's lots of talk about botulinum toxin and botulism... a fear of my childhood, but a cosmetic procedure today. Who knew?

    So to learn about the steps that lead to canned food coming in glass jars - tune in!

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    28 mins
  • Crossover... Part 3: Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3

    Crossover... Part 3: Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3
    May 3 2024
    Look you guys... Ep 4 & Ep 5 are already up on the other feed. No need to wait!

    I'm super glad you are digging this bonus content.
    If you want more just subscribe to the main
    Prizefighters Circus Freak & Gangsters Podcast

    We are like this ALL the time, and you get to learn ALL the new stuff - ok all the new stuff about the old stuff.

    Come enjoy it all.

    As always - you can reach us on the internets.
    Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
    &
    Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

    Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast
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    1 hr
  • 117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent

    117 The History of Glass - Mostly Translucent
    May 1 2024
    (Want more Shogun? - jump over here to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters - shortcut: PCG)

    This week it’s glass - a history.
    We talk sand (SAND!) fire, volcanos and sharp things. Minerals, amorphous materials and how glass is a solid and not even a little a liquid.

    What was glass before it was windows - or even see through? And how badly did the early Americans want glass? Bad enough that they lured European glass makers here - with the promise of plenty of fuel, plenty of sand (SAND!) and an apparently forever growing market. Along with slightly less hard work with the promise of mechanization.

    So stand back, but look on at the shiny hot stuff and learn some facts about the history of glass.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    29 mins
  • 116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever

    116 Sugar - More Kinds & Less Expensive than Ever
    Apr 26 2024
    Does war make people innovate? Sure sometimes, but profit and shortages can often do more.
    In this case, Mercantilist sentiments crossed with Napoleon losing wars and causing a big ol' blockade by the British didn't hurt.

    This week sugar and sweeteners grow! It's not just all sugar anymore. Corn syrup appears. The sugar beet is made real.

    For the video where that either nostalgic OR brnad new sugar beet ditty comes from... here's the link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZNSGdg2ms

    I'll be sending out a toffee recipe in the socials as soon as I get myself together. Moving house and all that!

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    26 mins
  • Crossover... Part 2: 041 Oh Sure Just Die and Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2

    Crossover... Part 2: 041 Oh Sure Just Die and Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2
    Apr 19 2024
    OK - Episode 1 of Shogun... A bunch of you tuned in.
    I have SACRAFICED my CLEAN rating on Apple Podcasts for this.

    So here's Ep 2

    Come on over to Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters to hear Episode 3 of Shogun... Today!

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    This only get's messier. And after this episode (Ep 3 available now) the sound gets fixed.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 115 Iron - Lets Get Cooking

    115 Iron - Lets Get Cooking
    Apr 17 2024
    It's the 19th Century and the whole show is about to change - and it's Iron that makes it possible. How we cook, how we get around and what is going to be available to even make food out of.

    With a mysterious detour through why calculus is important, find out how Iron and American food continue to be absolutely inextricable.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
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    23 mins