EPISODE · Dec 12, 2025 · 52 MIN
What we used to eat, with Irish food historian Regina Sexton
from How to be Irish · host Úna Harty
Support this podcast / buy me a coffee!In this episode, I chat with Regina Sexton, Ireland’s leading food and culinary historian, all about the history of Irish food.We chat about:Irish heritage dishes and the reason why we don’t seem to have as many as other nationswhy our cuisine is perceived as blandwhat we used to eat both pre- and post-faminehow the famine may have affected our eating habits and our relationship with food as a peoplehow, what and why we farmedalcohol through the ages in Irish societyAs well as some interesting tales about iconic Irish food brands such as Tayto and Jacob’s!Thank you for your support this season. Please help me out by donating the price of a coffee to help me cover the cost of the software and hardware I need to create this podcast.Follow this link in your browser: https://www.patreon.com/posts/support-this-buy-145337681?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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Support this podcast / buy me a coffee!In this episode, I chat with Regina Sexton, Ireland’s leading food and culinary historian, all about the history of Irish food.We chat about:Irish heritage dishes and the reason why we don’t seem to have as many as other nationswhy our cuisine is perceived as blandwhat we used to eat both pre- and post-faminehow the famine may have affected our eating habits and our relationship with food as a peoplehow, what and why we farmedalcohol through the ages in Irish societyAs well as some interesting tales about iconic Irish food brands such as Tayto and Jacob’s!Thank you for your support this season. Please help me out by donating the price of a coffee to help me cover the cost of the software and hardware I need to create this podcast.Follow this link in your browser: https://www.patreon.com/posts/support-this-buy-145337681?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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