005 $ugar - Let's Make Some Money. Oh, And a Little Dessert

04/07/21 • 25 min

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Sugar changed the world in the 17th Century. It became a way to make lots of money - and changed the map of North America. The changes to food will take a little while, but the seeds are planted in kitchen and in trade.
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
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Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle

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Here's where I didn't go in the Sugar History episode. This shows the bones of how medical thinking worked until germ theory got off the ground in the 19th Century. These ideas will return in each century. I don't go deep down the hole, just show you were it is.
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
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Twitter: @THOAFood
Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle

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Corn has come a long way from that little grass, teosinte, near Oaxaca State, Mexico. Where did it go on its travels, and how the heck did it get, not just to the east coast, but all over the world?
Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @THOAFood
Podcast Music: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle