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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2025 · 26 MIN

138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

from The History of American Food · host Margaret Hardin

To Market to market to buy a fat pigHome again home again jiggety jig...But how did those pigs get to market in the first place?On their own 4 feet!  That's right, there's more than one way to concentrate corn down for better transport and not all of it is Bourbon / Corn Whiskey.Also learn about how early mechanical America only kept moving due to the presence of pigs.Big contributions to the script from Mark Essig's _Lesser Beasts_ Be sure to look up the Canadian Super Pigs... and the problem they are.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFoodMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFood

To Market to market to buy a fat pigHome again home again jiggety jig...But how did those pigs get to market in the first place?On their own 4 feet!  That's right, there's more than one way to concentrate corn down for better transport and not all of it is Bourbon / Corn Whiskey.Also learn about how early mechanical America only kept moving due to the presence of pigs.Big contributions to the script from Mark Essig's _Lesser Beasts_ Be sure to look up the Canadian Super Pigs... and the problem they are.Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFoodMusic Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFood

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