138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

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The History of American Food

Margaret Hardin

195 episodes

1 week ago

Starting with the first English settlements in the 17th Century, this podcasts traces how we went from barrels of salted meat & peas to Korean bbq tacos and the largest grocery store selections ever seen anywhere in the world. We'll go everywhere - and it is full of surprises.

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138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

The History of American Food

26 minutes

9 months ago

138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

To Market to market to buy a fat pig
Home again home again jiggety jig...

But how did those pigs get to market in the first place?

On their own 4 feet! That's right, there's more than one way to concentrate corn down for better transport and not all of it is Bourbon / Corn Whiskey.

Also learn about how early mechanical America only kept moving due to the presence of pigs.

Big contributions to the script from Mark Essig's _Lesser Beasts_

Be sure to look up the Canadian Super Pigs... and the problem they are.

Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
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