Pantry Staples
Pantry Staples
pantrystaples
An exploration of the history and social context of food! Listen to hear how some of your favourite foods started, changed, and shaped the world around them. Longwinded anecdotes, many curse words, and senseless ramblings are just a bonus.
Disaster 4: The Boston Molasses Flood
This week's episode is about a very sticky situation! Seriously though, this was a huge disaster that changed the 'flow' of history. Tangents include edible leaves and an unnecessary thought experiment. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod
Oct 29, 2021
30 min
Disaster 3: The Food of the Titanic
Emily reads Marika elaborate menus from the Titanic and explores the ways in which trans-Atlantic travel changed restaurant culture. Maybe you too will come to the conclusion that the real disaster was all that food waste! Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod
Oct 15, 2021
45 min
Disaster 2: The Irish Potato Famine
You may think you know this story but, don't worry, it's much worse than you remember! Marika has all of the depressing details on why being a Catholic peasant in 1840's Ireland was a pretty rough gig. Follow us on Instagram @pantrystaplespod ! 
Oct 1, 2021
48 min
Disaster 1: The Snail in the Ginger Beer
We're back baby! It's season 3 and we're shaking things up this time around. Emily regales Marika with some classic case law and reveals why you never want to be a precedent. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod 
Sep 17, 2021
30 min
Soy Sauce: It Has a Vitamin
Welcome to the final episode of Season 2! The podcast where we tell you the origin of a food and then immediately tell you that none of it matters! Also, Emily learns that Samurais aren't real and we discuss the pitfalls of handshake deals. Follow us on instagam @pantrystaplespod ! 
Jun 18, 2021
47 min
Kombucha: Harmful If You're Dumb
It's kombucha week and we're drowning in scobys! Which begs the question, could the most liberal product in America kill you? Plus! Lindsay Lohan and Marika's 'Buch reviews.  Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod
Jun 4, 2021
45 min
Vinegar: Smart and Dumb and Hot and Ugly
We may not be full of piss but we are definitely chock full of vinegar and we're back to remind you that this is a pro-Roman podcast- even if it might end Marika and Emily's friendship. We're dissing Hannibal, boosting Cleopatra and sneaking in some ASMR. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod 
May 21, 2021
1 hr 5 min
Bread Part 3: Slo Baked
It's the exciting conclusion of bread! We've got quotes on quotes, classic ad reads and the WONDER of blimps. Also, we're starting a letter writing campaign to address Good Housekeeping's eugenicist roots.  Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod ! PS  Marika's mic was taken over by gremlins so don't @ us, we tried our best! 
May 8, 2021
1 hr 14 min
Bread Part 2: List of Colonial Suspects
Bread! It's back and yeastier than ever! On this global, multi-century encompassing episode Emily and Marika discuss people in the Middle Ages getting worked up about leavening, Mexican bread cartels and the controversial, pretty upsetting history of fry bread. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod 
Apr 23, 2021
1 hr 17 min
Bread: The Leavening to Guide Us
She's here and she's a lot! It's the first instalment of our series on BREAD! We've got a little science science science and a lot of Rome, because civilizations don't make bread, bread makes civilizations! Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod  
Apr 9, 2021
1 hr 17 min
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