{"podcast":{"title":"The History of American Food","slug":"the-history-of-american-food-3626516","podcast_index_feed_id":3626516,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4817628/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/74a90afba383d7627223ab6dc9a2a1e2.jpg","author":"Margaret Hardin","episode_count":217,"summary":"Starting with the first English settlements in the 17th Century, this podcasts traces how we went from barrels of salted meat & peas to Korean bbq tacos and the largest grocery store selections ever seen anywhere in the world. We'll go everywhere - and it is full of surprises. Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com Internets: @THoAFood","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:19:06.946560+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516"},"episode":{"title":"166 Feeding the Sick and Injured in The Civil War:  Apparently You Can't Run a War Without Women","slug":"166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women","published_at":"2026-04-15T22:45:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women--71353789","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71353789/166_feeding_the_sick_and_injured_in_the_civil_war.mp3","summary":"In the Last Big War we threw in America we still had \"Camp Followers\" to do the laundry, the nursing and a good amount of the cooking (not to mention helping with loading guns). And George Washington hated having these women around so much that Army practice - and new war philosophies got rid of most of them. But then, the American Civil War started producing injured guys in the 1000's. Suddenly having women around to do nursing and laundry was important. And they had to call the women back. To be fair - they did it more officially this time. To find out who these women were - and what they fed you - listen in. Also - Spoiler: Still better to be an officer. Books Referenced: A Mother's Work: Mary Ann Bickerdyke by Mary Vangorder The Big Burn by Timothy Egan Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood & some other socials... @THoAFood","meta_description":"In the Last Big War we threw in America we still had \"Camp Followers\" to do the laundry, the nursing and a good amount of the cooking (not to mention help…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2140,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/episodes/166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}