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   Number 1: 180 America Goes on a Diet - Part 2 : It's Time to Learn About Cold Cereal & How You Don't Chew Your Food Enough

   This week we bust open the most United States of America food of all.Cold CerealMy research has lead me to this - Cold Cereal is the first thing that can be claimed as the first Original Food of the USA.Pumpkin Pie... maybe?Bacon Cheese Burger - I'll consider it.Fried Chicken sandwich - my favorite contender.... but late.Let's talk about how the conditions of colonial America lead to Tony the Tiger and Frosted Flakes.But we aren't there yet. Instead it is bad... but fast cereal. To know how bad - check out my new Substack!The First Cold CerealMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleSubstack: https://thoafood.substack.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/& some other socials... @THoAFood

   August 26, 2026·32min
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   Number 2: 179 Food in Paper, Food in Boxes

   An important element essential to modern American food didn't happen until the end of the 19th century. But as with so many of the other elements that are underpinnings of American food - it is not a food at all. Instead it is paper made of trees rather than paper made of cloth that has reached the end of it's life.And once wood pulp paper becomes part of the scene - how food is transported, labeled and sold will never be the same.Think about a world before you put could wrap meat in Butcher's Paper, before crackers came in boxes - it looks almost unrecognizable. But come along for the debut of cheap-er paper in American food - and how this changes everything.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleSubstack: https://thoafood.substack.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/& some other socials... @THoAFood

   August 19, 2026·26min
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   Number 3: Alas... a 3 Week Break

   Hang in there ... and I'll be back.Hopefully - some interesting posts on the Socials MediaMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleSubstack: https://thoafood.substack.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/& some other socials... @THoAFood

   July 24, 2026·3min
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   Number 4: 178 The History of Paper

   This week we go back in time to learn about how we got paper.It's been with us for a long time, but until the end of the 19th century it was mostly old clothes.To find out what paper used to be and how we got to paper from trees - tune in.Also - as promised... the links to the W.E.B. Du Bois self tour:https://www.duboisnhs.org/great-barrington-walking-tour/Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleSubstack: https://thoafood.substack.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/& some other socials... @THoAFood

   July 22, 2026·25min
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   Number 5: 161 Hardtack, Softbread & Meal - Daily Bread in the War of Rebellion

   I'm Back and it's bread.The American Civil War (the War of Rebellion is where suddenly we start really naming American Bread.Sure yeah, hard bread is nothing new, but the Fast Bread of fast moving America starts to become a thing. So in order to talk about the bread of the American Army... we have to do a roll call of American Bread.So come find out how Civil War Bread is the most American Bread so far.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleSubstack: https://thoafood.substack.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFoodShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/& some other socials... @THoAFood

   March 11, 2026·30min
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