Bread and Thread

What's a coaching inn? Where did old-timey people put their luggage? What the heck is lutefisk? Answers to all these questions and more, this episode!

#86 – Resist Dyeing

July 02, 2023 15:05 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB

Tie-dying and friends from around the world

#85 – Lark Rise to Candleford

June 18, 2023 17:34 - 1 hour - 84.6 MB

This time, the book's a memoir. Let's get idyllic

#84 – Yeast

June 04, 2023 16:19 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB

We round off our hat-trick of bread episodes by discussing that wonderful fungus, yeast

#83 – Sourdough

May 21, 2023 20:35 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MB

The breadening continues! Let's get sour

#82 – Sliced Bread and the Chorleywood Process

May 07, 2023 16:32 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB

We finally talked about bread!

#81 – Three Stories

April 23, 2023 17:08 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB

Three food-related stories, and the ballad of buffalo wings

With guest Dr Neil Buttery, whose book "Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper" is out now! Digitised 1st edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769): https://archive.org/details/experiencedengl01raffgoog/page/n9/mode/2up Zoom talk on Elizabeth 26 April at 7pm (BST) - free tickets can be had via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-extraordinary-life-of-elizabeth-raffald-tickets-605899791587 In-person Manchester talk at Stati...

#79 – Mango

March 26, 2023 17:39 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MB

Turns out everyone loves mango, though some maybe a little too much

#78 – Spindles

March 12, 2023 08:23 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MB

Drop spindles? Only in a controlled manner

#77 – Varie-teas

February 12, 2023 17:05 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MB

Why are there so many types of tea!

#76 – Mead

January 29, 2023 10:36 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MB

Wine from honey, what a concept!

#75 – Steiff

January 15, 2023 15:37 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB

Who loves teddy bears? We do

#74 – Woad

January 01, 2023 04:26 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MB

For the New Year blues

#73 – Hedgerows

December 18, 2022 04:26 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MB

Talking about hedges turns into being angry at landowners. Are we surprised?

#72 – Spinning Wheels

December 04, 2022 19:26 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

That's a great wheel! But it's no greatwheel

#71 – Ginger

November 20, 2022 07:57 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MB

What's the story on the world's favourite rhizome? And why do toffee apples exist?

#70 – The White Hart Inn Cookbook

October 23, 2022 05:36 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MB

An 18th century cookbook from a man who loved to humblebrag https://pubwiki.co.uk/

#69 – Rope

October 09, 2022 14:15 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MB

Have you ever needed to secure one thing to another thing? Then this may be the episode for you

#68 – Heritage Sheep Breed Part Deux

September 25, 2022 12:37 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Sheep!

#67 – Puddings

September 11, 2022 05:43 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

We finally learn why so many things are called puddings, with special guest Dr Neil Buttery of the British Food History podcast

#66 – Apiculture

August 28, 2022 10:19 - 52 minutes - 72 MB

It's time for bees! Support the show at patreon.com/breadandthread

#65 – Epicurus

August 14, 2022 15:11 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MB

This man has been slandered! Slandered I say!

#64 – Wheelchairs

July 31, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 32.8 MB

Mobility aids are good and cool actually

#63 – Commercial Knitting Patterns

July 17, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MB

Would you wear knitted underwear? Liz is unconvinced

#62 – Peppers and Paprika

July 03, 2022 17:45 - 35 minutes - 40.8 MB

Special red flavour powder and the fruit it comes from

#61 – The Novel in Europe

June 19, 2022 11:21 - 43 minutes - 59.7 MB

Wherein the origins of the novel as a popular art form in the west are discussed Note: It is Mr Krook who spontaneously combusts in Bleak House

#60 – Home Notes

June 05, 2022 06:10 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MB

Hazel found some 70 year old magazines, so you know we had to do an episode about it

#59 – Goats

May 22, 2022 16:23 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MB

Friends, food...wet nurses?

#58 – Nettles

May 08, 2022 05:49 - 52 minutes - 34.6 MB

Another weed that humans have been making use of for thousands of years

#57 – Lighthouses

April 24, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 29.2 MB

They're not as heavy as regular houses

#56 – Rhubarb

April 10, 2022 08:48 - 47 minutes - 60.4 MB

Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb Also: sumalak

#55 – Escoffier

March 27, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 56.6 MB

The popularisation of service à la russe, a cleaner kitchen...and egg crimes Note: Liz was incorrect about the legality of distilling

#54 – Sunflowers

March 13, 2022 08:54 - 44 minutes - 57.5 MB

A source of delicious seeds, and falsehoods

#53 – Ganseys

February 27, 2022 07:55 - 54 minutes - 70.1 MB

Hazel gets cosy, fisherman-style, and local larder gets gross. Seriously, if you're squeamish, skip local larder

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