070 The History of Whaling

This week one of my cats makes his debut in sound design. His playing about in the closet makes me it seem as if I have Very Strong Feelings about trends in rich people food. <br /><br />But mostly this is a look into the past of large-whale eating on a global scale up until about the 18th century. There are also surprises around how long it took Europeans to agree that whales are not fish. The pre-modern relationship to fat comes in to play - when you are most of your own heating source for most of the day, consuming fat has a different purposefulness.<br /><br />And I spend a fair amount of time sorting out why most Americans have probobly never met anyone who knows what whale meat tastes like.<br /><br />Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle<br />Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/<br />Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com <br />Twitter: @THoAFood<br />Instagram: @THoAFood