Why so much Iron America?

Well, it has to do with the stars, and I'll explaon why. But I'll also spend time going over how American Iron - and most Iron from the Age of Sail until the 20th Century was made - Charcoal Fired Blast Furnaces!

Read enough on iron - and one gets very frustrated with not understanding the common terminology used around it. I've broken it down to the important basics so you can understand it to. Becasue iron will not stop being important to American food - coming 1st - so we can fight wars. Coming 2nd and soon - railroads!

And then refrigeration and then gasoline engines and trucks and metal framed buildings that hold our grocery stores. It's inescapable, so let's take a look at the tech.

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Now that American food is actually American food, we egeet to talk about the food as America starts to sort out what it wants to be.

The first answer is, BIGGER!

And in order to do that the country has to break away - war #1 - and then kick the parent country to show that they aree big boy now - war #2 - and then continue to push the borders of the infant countryinto the lands of other nations - wars #3 to n+1.

How American food adapted to all this expansion and fighting will be the center of season 3. But we also geet Gumbo, so that's good.

Hop onto the Season 3 Mule Train and lets go see the new country.

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Still up to my ears in military history, food logistics, the end of the age of Fighting Sail (so C.S. Forester) and so very much sugar. That's right - Season 3 is on it's way.

But that's not all - I'm up to new stuff in more places. Check it out!

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Done with only England

Done with Great Britain

At last we are going to be - AMERICA!

That whole transition is going to be So Messy.

Time to look back on what's changed over the last season and century - what it all means for a daily meal (meat, so much more meat! and from the farm)

There are forks now. More people get to have their own plates and cups. Not everyone drinks beer for breakfast. Now you can also choose from tea, herbal tea or whiskey. Its a change.

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See you in August!

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Let's Go Outside and look at all the jobs out there that helped the 18th Century food-o-verse go around.

While not every job outside the home was food related in the 18th century - quite a few of them were. I take you through Grain, Livestock, Fish, Sugar, Iron and Wood. There's a detour through buldings and even a shoutout to the American McMansion.

Lots of fun pictures this week.
McMansion Hell: The Faux quarried blocks look - https://mcmansionhell.com/post/707909502449614849/every-small-city-has-that-one-dictator-chic-house

Fieldstone:
Newport Tower -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Tower_(Rhode_Island)
Grove Park Inn -
https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/asheville-grove-park/dining/great-hall-bar

All the old northern European style buildings in America are made of wood:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_buildings_in_the_United_States

Omohundro Institute: https://oieahc.wm.edu/

Ben Franklin's World: https://benfranklinsworld.com/


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Send in your Questions! Chemistry Class for food is back and this time it is protein. Again, no tests and no homework.

Fascinating Topics Addressed:

Why amino acids are called that;
Where protein as a substance was identified in chemistry experiments;
What a peptide bond is;
Why proteins inspire micro manufacturing;
Can you survive only eating aminos - but no proteins;
How we get energy from protein;
And I say primordial ooze.

As always - you can catch the Dinosaur Neil Episode of the The Tick here: "Don't eat in the Lab or you might turn into a Dinosaur!" References - The Tick v. Dinosaur Neil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J8HxakmkWU

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Shout out to the National Park Service! Hallowell Furnace is a beautiful spot all full of history.

So what does it take to run an 18th century house - inside?
Who does the work? (and how glad am I to live in the. age of not just running water - but hot running water?)

It's women and children working on the household jobs - find out what kind of women and children. But mostly - an update on the orphan situation.

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Deep Fat Frying has come to the North American British colonies... how far away could the French fry be?

Not the question I'm answering. Not yet. Instead, it's a look at the arrival of savory deep fried food in (pre) America. What are it's roots, and how it came from a different place than sweet fried foods.
Incredible.

And why fried foods were a bigger thing in the south east than everywhere else in the country before the railroad showed up and scrambled everything up.

Oh! Check out these pictures of the ridiculously huge oil bean seeds (plus a recipe for using them):
https://ounjealadun.com/2022/10/25/ofe-ugba/

Send in Qestions for the End of Season 2 show in just 3 (or maybe 4) weeks!

Interested in @notyourmommashistory (insta) Cheyney McKnight or #letstalkaboutslavery ?
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See how to really use a spider.

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Time to send me question for the end of Season 2 question show!

Getting around the colonies.
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, there is way more water transport than I had realized. Which lead to fewer roads and more little trails than I expected. And the political philosophies tied up in why it was that way go deeper than I ever knew.

So yes, there's discussion of roads or no roads - but we end up a little bit in the political philosophy weeds.


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Tell me about your local library or history resource!

Round 2: Her Half of History - written and presented by Lori Davis
https://herhalfofhistory.com/

This week - how did stuff get around the colonies, and back out into the world?
Why were port cities the only big cities?
Were they all the same? Who did what where?

For part one of the answer join me this week to see why food export was not the game north of the Mason-Dixon line. Also learn just how old that line was, and how petty the reason for its existence was.
The philosophy of the these colonies was markedly different from that of most of their southern neighbors. Find out how this week. And I'll wrap this all up next week - including how weird North Carolina was.

And send me your questions for the end of season question show!

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