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The Fantastic History Of Food

The Fantastic History Of Food

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

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  • When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes

    When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes
    Jun 19 2026
    War often calls for quick thinking and unconventional tactics, but few battles have ever been won with… potatoes. But, during World War II, the USS O’Bannon, a U.S. Navy destroyer, found itself in a tense standoff with a Japanese submarine. With the enemy dangerously close, too near in fact for their deck guns to be effective, the crew resorted to a rather unexpected weapon.

    This is the incredible tale of how the USS O’Bannon used quick thinking, and a well-stocked pantry, to help sink a Japanese submarine.


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    17 mins
  • Defending A Town With Just Two Loaves Of Bread

    Defending A Town With Just Two Loaves Of Bread
    Jun 5 2026
    At it’s very core, war is essentially throwing everything you have at your enemy hoping that they break first, and at times that breaking point can be as much a psychological one as a physical one.

    Wars of attrition, as in the case of prolonged siege warfare, is all about seeing who can last the longest.

    And today's story is all about one of those siege warfare breaking points, and how an army was defeated by a woman who had nothing but her cunning, boldness and two loaves of bread.


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    23 mins
  • 56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts"

    56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts"
    Jun 21 2024
    The entire experience of eating a fancy meal these days is no longer just about the food itself. For decades, chefs like Heston Blumenthal have been creating entire culinary experiences to delight all of your senses at once, pairing sounds, smells and textures along with the already delicious flavours of their food.

    But while this trend has taken off again more recently, this is by no means a modern practice. In fact, as far back as the early 1600’s an innovative chef by the name of Robert May was creating similar sensory dining experiences all around Elizabethan England.

    Today, we’ll discover just who this man was, and how he went about revolutionising banquets into what would come to be called his "Spectacle Feasts".

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    Sources for this episode's research:


    • https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-aaron-mahnkes-cabinet-of-c-29519194/episode/chefs-table-172173292/
    • https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fantastical-feasts-of-englands-first-celebrity-chef
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_May_(cook)


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    15 mins
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This is a very entertaining series of food and history stories.
Each event is very well researched, and read by the author.
Really well worth a listen to the whole series.

BRILLIANT.

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