How hard drinking were the American soldiers and adventurers? Far far less than you might think. Yeah, sure they went nuts on leave, or when they got left alone in a cellar full of brandy - but that's only because it was mostly water most of the time. How come you ask? Well, this whole episode is here to answer your questions. Drink Up! oh - and read up on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

Who gets to eat wild meat on campaign? It depends on the type, how big and how long. The answer of course ranges from everyone to almost noone and always to almost never. Of course. So here are all the links I promised! https://oldfortwayne.org/ at Fort Wayne, Indiana A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: https://acoup.blog/2022/07/29/collections-logistics-how-did-they-do-it-part-ii-foraging/ https://acoup.blog/2022/08/12/collections-logistics-how-did-they-do-it-part-iii-on-the-move/ Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward https://maximumeffort.substack.com/i/67532096/derivation-of-the-classical-donkey-equation https://www.google.com/books/edition/Undaunted_Courage/Sks7PmoTK3IC?hl=en&gbpv=0 by Stephan Ambrose https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/ That NPS https://www.nps.gov/lecl/planyourvisit/maps.htm Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

Come tryhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ But if that's too much adventure, come along and learn about the war that happened around pemmican. Sure, just drop your colony on top of other people's lives - what's the problem? Sure, sending under prepared colonists with not enough food into a pretty tight food economy is going to be dicey, but how bad could it get? War bad my friends. War bad. But as far as my little history brain is concerned - this is the first real big energy war of the Americas. Come see what I mean. in the meantime - links I promised: Modern beadwork - https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/indigenous-beadwork-instagram-artists-jewelry-accessories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtU1V4_aLcw https://www.hbcheritage.ca/things/fashion-pop/hbc-point-blanket - https://www.hbcheritage.ca/things/fashion-pop/hbc-point-blanket Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

In these years of war and adventure - American Military Rations were invented. And they rested squarely on barrels of salted meat. Just like today much of the ration went to soldiers hanging out in forts or camps waiting for something to happen. But unlike today - another big chunk of rations went to just getting soldiers to where they were gonna fight. Marching soldiers to where they're going to do battle in today's modern army takes up much less of the food pile than it used to. No more 2 - 5 month crossings of the Atlantic. Now we know at least within a day when the troops will get somewhere. And dang if the maps aren't better and the rations lighter and much, much tastier. To hear all about the challenges of supplying your late 18th century and early 19th century army or adventure squad, come along for this LONG DELAYED episode. Sorry about that... and glad to be back! Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

No wood - no fuel - no food In war an adventure that was usually the first and last word. Whether stuck at winter quarters in Valley Forge (and check out these cool https://revwar75.com/library/rees/kitchen.htm - paper is at the link.) Or on the trail with Lewis and Clark Wood to cook the food to keep the whole adventure going could be the make or break of the whole affair. But wood also shaped the international aspects of early food - in the shipping that was built on our shores with the big giant trees that were available. How we got our luxuries, and how we imported labor. The boats - mainly the fast boats built in America were essential for how American food was going to shape itself. Ah yes - and the containers. Wood was essential for containers - not just barrels but for the fuel to make iron, pottery and glass OH - and yes - go read https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Black-Joke/A-E-Rooks/9781982128265 Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

Sorry 'bout that! Anyway - we are back... and it's time to thing about the starchy vegetables that star in our holiday recipes. And to make you greatful that mashed potatoes today... are what they are! But it's also a chance to think about - how much work bread really is, and what we would use to take it's place. No candied yams here kids, and no pumpkin pie at war. But maybe it's time to reconsider our looking down on the potatoes - both kinds. And find new (old) ways of eating squashes. Also check out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (we swear... we laugh, we tease, it's fun) Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

This might be one of my only, and definitely the most forceful hot take I've had so far: The variety of food depends almost entirely on the vegetables - well the plant foods. After all, there are only so many ways to cook meat - roast, boil, fry, braise... all the interesting flavors come from the plant additions. But also - going on the move, and the "hurry up" of American culture made our food bland. Not everyone in new America had bland food, but note, they stayed in place! Pawpaw & sweet corn pudding vs. baked beans. I ask you... Books by William Woys Weaver: The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking American Eats: Forms of Edible Folk Art Sauerkraut Yankees Country Scrapple: An American Tradition Videos on Typical Early American Diets via Townsends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynxzl4yfpg&list=PL4e4wpjna1vzn_D5t7tBC4QPiU9LC2lXe&index=2&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRoBqeccDoA&list=PL4e4wpjna1vzn_D5t7tBC4QPiU9LC2lXe&index=8&t=1s&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naCEYowh6nQ&list=PL4e4wpjna1vzn_D5t7tBC4QPiU9LC2lXe&index=7&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxPVmRc8kk&list=PL4e4wpjna1vzn_D5t7tBC4QPiU9LC2lXe&index=9&t=1s&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCsKCbl4Fr8&list=PL4e4wpjna1vzn_D5t7tBC4QPiU9LC2lXe&index=10&pp=iAQB Also check out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (we swear... we laugh, we tease, it's fun) Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

After rubbing shoulders all the time in prisons, in towns, or on land owned by a Lord or The Church - getting out there in the great wide open skies was startling for people. But even more startling were just how many birds there were. Sometimes too many birds! How can there be such a thing? To find out what was up with birds, and what was making it to the early American table - when we mostly weren't keeping chickens for meat - for really good reasons, listen along. Also check out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (we swear... we laugh, we tease, it's fun) Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes - Talk with other people about the Contigency Plans for Women & even more stuff! Come check it out on Saturday November 4th My Discount Code is: Food Do Americans eat rabbit? Or did they? And if so, where are all th rabbit recipes? Well they do and they did, but no - they didn't seem to write it down. What gives? And why don't retrospective and history looking cookery books tend to mention rabbit? And just for fun, I go over what's the difference between a rabbit and a hare. And in the process explain how hjackass is a word. Also check out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (we swear... we laugh, we tease, it's fun) Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood

Listen to me more! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ where I talk about the 4 W's of Butter Substitutes - Talk with other people about the Contigency Plans for Women & even more stuff! Come check it out on Saturday November 4th My Discount Code is: Food What's the difference between a Smuggler, a Pirate & a Privateer? How do Slavers fit into this lot? And what exactly do they have to do with American Food of the past - or advertisements for Truffle Burgers now? As always I'm here to pose and answer purposterous questions. Grab your hot cocoa and candied orange peel and listen up. Cool Books - _The Black Joke_ by A.E. Rooks _The Nutmeg's Curse_ by Amitav Ghosh Also check out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-prizefighters-circus-freaks-118979118/ There's Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud (we swear... we laugh, we tease, it's fun) Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood