002 Iron - Sharp Things and Blunderbusses

03/17/21 • 23 min

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Tools and Weapons – this is what lots of the iron was used for. How were they connected to colonial food?
Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
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001 Iron - Out of the Ground and Onto the Table

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Sure, Iron's not a food - but it is an essential part of how America does food. We'll go back to the beginning and look at how the very 1st settlements' dependance on iron shaped how they saw food.
Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
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003 Iron - Chains

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When everything – including making food – is done by muscle power – how did Colonial America decide to get more for less? In many cases – by using iron to make chains to enslave Native Americans and Africans. How did the colonists talk themselves into this? How far back did it start?
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @THOAFood
Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle