The Fantastic History Of Food
Stories of the fun, bizarre and often ridiculous, history of food. Join me as we explore The Fantastic History of Food. Contact me on foodhistorypod@gmail.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support.
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June 21, 2024 • 15 mins
The entire experience of eating a fancy meal these days is no longer just about the food itself. For decades, chefs like Heston Blumenthal have been creating entire culinary experiences to delight all of your senses at once, pairing sounds, smells and textures along with the already delicious flavours of their food.
But while this trend has taken off again more recently, this is by no means a modern practice. In fact, as far back as...
But while this trend has taken off again more recently, this is by no means a modern practice. In fact, as far back as...
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June 7, 2024 • 15 mins
It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they go. They are armed to the hilt with tanks, explosives, machine guns, grenades and a staggeringly overwhelming number of troops.
But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensiv...
But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensiv...
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May 23, 2024 • 15 mins
For the majority of history they were considered the ultimate delicacy by European nobility who just couldn’t get enough of them. From snack to status symbol, the pineapple has graced many a King and Queens palace courts, while outside of them they took on a mythical quality akin to some sort of precious jewel.
Today, we’ll track the pineapples voyage across the seas and into the history books as it became synonymous with the very p...
Today, we’ll track the pineapples voyage across the seas and into the history books as it became synonymous with the very p...
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May 10, 2024 • 14 mins
For as long as so-called civilised societies have existed, equally uncivilised clubs and groups have sprung up within them, allowing their members to revel in all sorts of weird and wonderful excesses.
In previous episodes we have heard about secret food clubs with a goal of eating every type of animal on earth. Todays story may not be so different, although this clubs members were’nt so picky about reaching any particular goal oth...
In previous episodes we have heard about secret food clubs with a goal of eating every type of animal on earth. Todays story may not be so different, although this clubs members were’nt so picky about reaching any particular goal oth...
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April 25, 2024 • 15 mins
Turn on the tv or radio, or scroll any news site online and you’ll no doubt be inundated with stories about crazy weather anomalies happening all around the globe.
Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more.
But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in t...
Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more.
But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in t...
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April 15, 2024 • 13 mins
In our modern age we have lived through natural disasters and floods in various parts of the world, and no matter what, they are always tragic. But tragic floods are not always a cause of nature.
In episode 7, we discussed the great molasses flood that occurred in Boston and the ensuing devastation of that event. Well today, we’ll be taking a look at a similar, albeit less gloopy tidal wave of destruction that occurred 100 years bef...
In episode 7, we discussed the great molasses flood that occurred in Boston and the ensuing devastation of that event. Well today, we’ll be taking a look at a similar, albeit less gloopy tidal wave of destruction that occurred 100 years bef...
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November 8, 2023 • 21 mins
This episode is a look at how in the early to mid 1900’s the abolitionist laws banning the production and consumption of alcohol played a majorly significant role in the creation of what, today, is a veritable institution of the American South, NASCAR.
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October 6, 2023 • 12 mins
There are many stories throughout history of individuals with freakish appetites, who seem to be able to consume quantities of food well past what a human stomach should be capable of handling.
Today, we’ll be diving into the story of Charles Domery, a Polish-born soldier who tried to eat the whole world.
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Today, we’ll be diving into the story of Charles Domery, a Polish-born soldier who tried to eat the whole world.
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September 15, 2023 • 15 mins
For most of history, the Dutch have been an almost all-powerful force to be reckoned with. They were the forerunners for a lot of the world's exploration, and for a long time dominated the seas and trade routes through the stranglehold of the Dutch East India Company.
In the preceding century, they were still under Spanish rule, with 2 of their kings, Charles the Fifth and his Son Phillip II, simultaneously ruling as the kings of Sp...
In the preceding century, they were still under Spanish rule, with 2 of their kings, Charles the Fifth and his Son Phillip II, simultaneously ruling as the kings of Sp...
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August 31, 2023 • 14 mins
For today's story we will be diving into the life of a truly extraordinary man named William V McKenna, and while he fits the category of “people who eat random things”, those things that he ate can’t really be classified as food.
So let's see just how this man, William McKenna first discovered his talented digestive system.
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So let's see just how this man, William McKenna first discovered his talented digestive system.
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August 16, 2023 • 12 mins
WW2 was raging onwards, with men fighting and dying each and every day. It was so delicately poised that there seemed to be no end to the fighting in sight.
Weeks and months dragged on into years, and with them came more and more plots of how to win the war. Some were impractical, some were impossible, and some were downright insane.
But every now and again, one of these plots would be just insane enough to work.
And so, out of this t...
Weeks and months dragged on into years, and with them came more and more plots of how to win the war. Some were impractical, some were impossible, and some were downright insane.
But every now and again, one of these plots would be just insane enough to work.
And so, out of this t...
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January 4, 2023 • 17 mins
There is a spice we use so commonly today that it's hard to believe that at one time, wars were fought, people were killed and entire civilizations almost wiped out, simply so that the strongest force could get their hands on this prized spice.
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October 24, 2022 • 18 mins
If ever you’ve doubted food's integral place in history, today’s stories are sure to remind us all, that no matter what life and history in general, wouldn’t and in fact, couldn’t be the same without the daily rituals that food brings.
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October 19, 2022 • 19 mins
Many old food-based fortunes were light-hearted party games mainly played around Halloween time, but some of there were deadly serious, and their results were taken as gospel truth. And at the time, all you needed to tell the future, was a full pantry and a little imagination.
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October 7, 2022 • 17 mins
Today's stories aren’t just about the small-time pilfering of food here and there from your local grocery stores. No, today we’ll be talking about people stealing truckloads of the stuff at a time, not it seems to quell their stomach's callings, as much as to refill those empty wallets.
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October 4, 2022 • 19 mins
There are few things more universally loved than a good sandwich.
We as humans love the simplicity and deliciousness of having something to hold all of our favourite fillings together.
But there was a time in our history when the venerable sandwich was used not for sustenance, or delight in a tasty meal, but rather as a loophole with which to get around some rather limiting laws.
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We as humans love the simplicity and deliciousness of having something to hold all of our favourite fillings together.
But there was a time in our history when the venerable sandwich was used not for sustenance, or delight in a tasty meal, but rather as a loophole with which to get around some rather limiting laws.
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September 9, 2022 • 18 mins
As soon as people became wealthy enough not to have to spend every waking hour of their day, working, cleaning, hunting or cooking, they had enough to look in the mirror and decide what they didn’t like about themselves.
From the truly horrific and crippling footbinding practices in imperial china to modern day plastic surgery, people have been searching for ways to achieve their body goals. Victorian England, the initial setting f...
From the truly horrific and crippling footbinding practices in imperial china to modern day plastic surgery, people have been searching for ways to achieve their body goals. Victorian England, the initial setting f...
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August 20, 2022 • 15 mins
Even the most famous and lauded among us still have a few tasty secrets up their sleeves, and today we’re going to dive into this fascinating side of one of modern cookings most famous gourmands: Julia Child.
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August 16, 2022 • 15 mins
Not only were western cultures happily eating raw fish for ages, at one point they were uh, in fact eating it so raw as for it still, in fact, to be alive.
That’s right, today we’re talking about the 1939 craze of college students competing to swallow as many as they could of the humble goldfish.
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That’s right, today we’re talking about the 1939 craze of college students competing to swallow as many as they could of the humble goldfish.
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July 4, 2022 • 16 mins
There is nothing quite like pizza. The variety is endless, the experience is magical, the taste is delicious and they can be found in almost every single country on earth with any number of local variations.
Which makes todays story all the sadder, when we find out that from their humble italian origins, 30 000 of these delicious delicacies were once condemned to mass burial in Michigan.
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Which makes todays story all the sadder, when we find out that from their humble italian origins, 30 000 of these delicious delicacies were once condemned to mass burial in Michigan.
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