{"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":"167 The American Civil War, Thanksgiving & Eating Our Feelings","slug":"167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings","published_at":"2026-04-24T03:59:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings--71603462","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71603462/167_the_american_civil_war_thanksgiving_eating_our_feelings.mp3","summary":"Yeah yeah - why a Thanksgiving Episode in April? Is this worse than Christmas in July? No, really, it makes sense. Especially becasue during the Civil War, when everything was an Agrairain Society, Thanksgiving planning was on the mind in April (well prboobly earlier) But follow along as to why Thanksgivng really came to National Attention during the Civil War either as something to get behind - or something to hate. And - look you have to start raising your Turkey in the Spring if you want one in Novenber (April is actually probobly too late - maybe?) Anyway - Here's the Link to Lincoln's Address. Johnson had to submit it b/c well, you know... Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation 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":"Yeah yeah - why a Thanksgiving Episode in April? Is this worse than Christmas in July? No, really, it makes sense. Especially becasue during the Civil War…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2334,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/episodes/167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings/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-3626516/167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}