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The Fantastic History Of Food

By: Nick Charlie Key
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  • Stories of the fun, bizarre and often ridiculous, history of food.

    Join me as we explore The Fantastic History of Food.

    Contact me on foodhistorypod@gmail.com

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  • 53 - Fat Men's Clubs

    53 - Fat Men's Clubs
    May 10 2024
    For as long as so-called civilised societies have existed, equally uncivilised clubs and groups have sprung up within them, allowing their members to revel in all sorts of weird and wonderful excesses.

    In previous episodes we have heard about secret food clubs with a goal of eating every type of animal on earth. Todays story may not be so different, although this clubs members were’nt so picky about reaching any particular goal other that just eating every type of food they could get their hands on.

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    Sources for this episode's research:
    • https://www.insidehook.com/culture/revisiting-fat-mens-clubs
    • https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/07/469571114/the-forgotten-history-of-fat-men-s-clubs
    • https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/01/19/when-fat-mens-clubs-were-big/
    • https://www.antikeychop.com/fatmensclub
    • https://husheduphistory.com/post/141904668068/girth-and-mirth-the-rise-of-the-fat-mens-club
    • https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unusual-clubs-in-history


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    15 mins
  • 52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower

    52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower
    Apr 25 2024
    Turn on the tv or radio, or scroll any news site online and you’ll no doubt be inundated with stories about crazy weather anomalies happening all around the globe.

    Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more.

    But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in the small town of Olympia Springs, Kentucky.

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    Sources for this episode's research:
    • https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Was-the-Kentucky-Meat-Shower
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower
    • https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower
    • https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/
    • https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/
    • https://www.wate.com/news/kentucky/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-147-years-passed-since-the-kentucky-shower-of-flesh/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluvia_de_peces
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals


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    15 mins
  • 51 - The London Beer Flood

    51 - The London Beer Flood
    Apr 15 2024
    In our modern age we have lived through natural disasters and floods in various parts of the world, and no matter what, they are always tragic. But tragic floods are not always a cause of nature.

    In episode 7, we discussed the great molasses flood that occurred in Boston and the ensuing devastation of that event. Well today, we’ll be taking a look at a similar, albeit less gloopy tidal wave of destruction that occurred 100 years before that.

    And, as much as any of us may love a beer every now and then and dream of swimming in a pool of the bubbly liquid, this tragic event was unfortunately no laughing matter.

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    Sources for this episode's research:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood
    • https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/
    • https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/great-beer-flood-1814-what-happened/
    • https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-london-beer-flood/
    • https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood
    • https://explorethearchive.com/london-beer-flood
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/


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    13 mins
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