It's been a little while since I put up this Tukey History Episode! Since Thanksgiving Week is also Episode Week - why not throw this one in for fun? Learn about the wild history of an American bird with a huge travel resume and names that all think it came from somewhere else. Enjoy the name Chaos!

ALT: a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

It's the last Episode of Season 4! And I think I've finally answered one of my opening questions - why did America make our grocery stores the way we did?  As soon as Americans could, we ignored the food on the ground (unless it was familiar like deer or duck or pigeon) and instead brought our own provisions.   But when you do that, and don't develop local talent - the selection end up terribly limited. So now in modern America - we seem to be attempting to make up for lost time... by making our grocery store selection even larger. Check out this last episode before I go study the terrible food of war.

So far America is pretty hostile to everyday hunting - but for some reason we keep adding categories. And lets face it, for a country that keeps talking about how we don't need roaylty, we do seem to keep mimicking aritocrats. the early 19th century loves some fox hunting - so much so that we imported foxes (even though there are plenty already here).  Hunting keeps happening everyday - but we like to say it's not cool. Unless you are doing it for leisure... or to earn money. Yes - the early 19th century brings the birth of the Market Hunter - which needed the railroad to create itself. The Buffalo may cease to roam - and the Passenger Pigeon darken the skies by the end of the century - but the seeds of their destruction are planted here... at the start of the 19th cenutry. But worry not, it's not all bad news - you can still get a giant game pie.

After years of no plates, not enough plates and just enough plates - you suddenly have access to many plates and pretty plates.  What's a hostess of fashion to do? Obviously - upend the way food is served.  Obviously if you have access to more artificial light - you can make meals longer.  Especially on dark, chilly, wet nights when no one wants to be outside anyway. Luckily - cookbooks are up to the challenge.  With all sorts of ideas of how to roll out this new style of multi-course dining. So come check out the complications. And if you are interested in seeing what American pottery looked like - pre-China and pre-imported porcelain - look at the https://chipstone.org/images.php/134/Ceramics-in-America-2004/Archaeology-of-a-Colonial-Pottery-Factory:-The-Kilns-of-Ceramics-of-the-%E2%80%9CPoor-Potter%E2%80%9D-of-Yorktown in Historic Yorktown!

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