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#9 – Peanuts and George Washington Carver
Learn the true value of a peanut, and about the man who worked it out. Local larder: strawberry shortcake Transcript available at pencilpaper.org...
#8 – Embroidery Samplers
V&A Samplers: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70028/sampler-unknown/ Show you'd be a great wife by sewing bible verses on things I guess...
#7 – Dandelions
A surprisingly useful plant with a bad reputation, and a delicious Easter treat...
#6 – Country Wines
Why stick to grapes when you can ferment anything you have to hand. Also, Lancashire does not know what cake is...
#5 – The Forme of Cury
Transcript Opening music LIZ Hello and welcome to bread and thread, a podcast about food and domestic history. I’m liz. HAZEL I’m hazel. We’re two people who studied archaeology t...
#4 – Heritage Sheep
Which country has laws against importing sheep? Also: apocryphal ham Shrek the sheep: https://www.littlethings.com/shrek-the-sheep/6...
#3 – Jam (and Marmalade)
A request! From Jeremy! What monarch used orange jam for sea sickness, and the fat rascal...
#2 – Shetland Lace
Incredibly fiddly and region-specific knitting, and a pie full of fishheads Tom Bawcock song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnIdV8dfss...
#1 – Oysters
Gentrificaton? In my food history? It's more likely than you think Local Larder: Sussex Pond Pudding...
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