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Episode 3 - Pork, Cabbage, and Greens from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Episode 2 - Cornbreads from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Episode 1: Chowder from Herman Melville's Moby Dick
In this, the second part of our deep dive into Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Nick covers the dish that was a personal favorite of Twain (and one that Nick really enjoyed making). Oh, and get ready for some…drum roll, please…cabbage trivia, food nerds! If you would like to suggest a meal (or beverage) from a work of literature for a future deep dive, send an email with the dish’s name, title of the literary work, and the author’s name to literallydelishpod@gmail.com. Keep listening to hear more of your favorite foods from books featured on Literally Delicious! Find the recipe and pictures from today’s episode on Instagram @literallydelishpod! Since the description is capped at 4000 characters, you can find all my sources (along with the recipe) in the document linked below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zap_J9vLLXGW590ZUQ9yVorw8nago2Jo1dGh-EuGwHM/edit?usp=sharing
In this episode, the first of our two-part look at dishes from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Nick makes two versions of cornbread from the novel after taking a close look at historical documents and recipes. He also tries two beverages with deceiving names: “pot liquor,” which contains no alcohol, and “buttermilk,” which contains no actual butter (as far as he knows). Stay tuned for more foolery and the second half of recipes from Huckleberry Finn in next week’s episode! If you would like to suggest a meal (or beverage) from a work of literature for a future deep dive, send an email with the dish’s name, title of the literary work, and the author’s name to literallydelishpod@gmail.com. Keep listening to hear more of your favorite foods from books featured on Literally Delicious! Sources: American Chemical Society on the invention of baking powder https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/bakingpowder.html#development-of-baking-powder Ben H. McClary - “Introducing a Classic: Gunn’s Domestic Medicine” - Tennessee Historical Quarterly https://www.jstor.org/stable/42626608 Ben Panko - “The Great Uprising: How a Powder Revolutionized Baking” - Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/great-uprising-how-powder-revolutionized-baking-180963772/ Bernard Herman - “Hannah Mary’s Giant Corn Pone” - Southern Cultures https://www.southerncultures.org/article/hannah-marys-corn-pone/ Dwight Eisnach and Herbert C. Covey - “Slave Gardens in the Antebellum South” https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773984 Kathleen Purvis’ interview with Michael Twitty for the Charlotte Observer https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article68763427.html Knoxville News Sentinel Corn Dodger Recipe https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/southern-specialty-greens-corn-dodgers/docview/393452774/se-2 Lisa Antonelli Bacon - “Cornpone versus Cornbread” - Virginia Living Magazine https://www.virginialiving.com/food/cornpone-versus-cornbread/ Recipe that Inspired my Corn Pone Recipe https://ancestorsinaprons.com/recipe/indian-bread-corn-pone/ Recipe that Inspired my Corn Dodger Recipe https://www.lanascooking.com/corn-dodgers/
In our first episode ever, we take a deep dive into a simmering pot of chowder - clam chowder from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, that is. With a little historical research and some surprising ingredients, host Nick makes a clam chowder like you have never had before. Get the recipe on Instagram @literallydelishpod If you would like to suggest a meal (or beverage) from a work of literature for a future deep dive, send an email with the dish’s name, title of the literary work, and the author’s name to literallydelishpod@gmail.com. Keep listening to hear more of your favorite foods from books featured on Literally Delicious! Sources: Article citing the oldest-known chowder recipe in the United States: https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-make-real-new-england-clam-chowder-the-food-lab-recipe Book where I sourced the 1838 clam chowder recipe: https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Hospitality-Cooking-Book-England/dp/1558498613 Information on crops grown in Nantucket 1856-1880: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559727 Information on types of clams in Nantucket Bay: https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr.htm?tid=64 Professor Perry Miller’s Book on Melville The Raven and the Whale: Poe, Melville, and the New York Literary Scene: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801857503/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5
Food nerds, rejoice! Check out this new podcast where an ordinary home cook makes food from classic works of literature and then gives you the recipe. If you would like to suggest a meal (or beverage) from a work of literature for a future deep dive, send an email with the dish’s name, title of the literary work, and the author’s name to literallydelishpod@gmail.com. Keep listening to hear more of your favorite foods from books featured on Literally Delicious!