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Ep 21: We All Scream for Ice Cream and Bathing Suits


Friends, it is summer. It is hot. And we are thanking our past selves for planning a show all about ice cream and swimming.

Torey got real into Toronto's swim history this month. Expect a whirlwind history of bathing suits and a lengthy meditation on social change.

Steph found out much more than expected about the nebulous history of ice cream, as well as a selection of CanLit that references the treat. We both tried making our own ice cream from recipes c. 1904-1909, with mixed results, as ever.


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Fashion

BlogTO: What beaches used to look like in Toronto and A brief history of the Sunnyside swimming pool
Victoriana.com's History of bathing suits
Sunnyside Pavilion History (including reference to the free streetcar)
"Finding cool in the pool: Once Upon a City," by Janice Bradbeer, Toronto Star, July 2016
"Historicist: Swimming at the Minnies" by David Wencer, Torontoist, May 2014

Food

"Culinary Landmarks, Or, Half Hours with Sault Ste. Marie Housewives" 1909, 3rd edition.
Sarah Lovell’s "Meals of the day: a guide to the young housekeeper." Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1904.
"Ice Cream History and Folklore" Professor Douglas Goff, University of Guelph Food Sciences
"The History of Ice Cream Trucks in Toronto" Celina Johnson. July 24, 2016.
"Soapberries: little fruits full of benefits."

Ice Cream in Canadian Literature

"Anne of Green Gables" L.M.Montgomery
"Ice Cream Man" Lynn Coady
"Emperor of Ice Cream" Brian Moore
"Something Good" Robert Munsch
"The Bear Came over the Mountains" "Save the Reaper" "The Progress of Love" "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" Alice Munro
"In the Secular Night" "A Sad Child" "Handmaids Tale" Margaret Atwood.

Comments

  1. Nuchtchas2 July 2018 at 22:41

    Surprised you didn't talk about tiger tail ice cream, it's one of the very Canadian only ice creams I know of.

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