Ep. 7: Flannel Shirts and Maple Belts

This month we’re taking a seasonal approach and focusing on all things maple. And, of course, what apparel comes to mind when the opportunity to visit a sugar shack arises? Flannel! We’re looking at the history of the fabric and why it’s so darn useful this time of year. We’re also taking advantage of Steph’s move across the country to experiment with a few different recipes, including microwave maple pie! (#marchmaplemadness)

Instead of our usual "what we're obsessed with in history" segment, we're jumping on NPR's #trypod train and recommending hashtags for you to share with your friends and spread the word about podcasts. Torey is recommending Spilled Milk, the comedy food podcast that got her into podcasts, and Steph is recommending Singing Bones, a podcast about the secret history of fairy tales.

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Check our facts:

MAPLE

Ontario Maple Syrup Producer’s Association

Vanier Museoparc

White Fathers

Historica Canada – “Syrup” Heritage Minute

Royal Ontario Museum

Acadian Maple Products

National Geographic – “Global warming pushes maple trees, syrup to the brink” (2015)

CTV – “Maple syrup producers blame climate change for production drop” (2017)

CBC – “2 charged in 18m maple syrup heist”

National Post – “The Great Maple Syrup Heist trial opens in largest theft ever investigated by Quebec police”

Connie’s Fruit Pie in the Microwave

Converting recipes for the microwave:

https://www.hunker.com/12002952/how-to-convert-regular-oven-cooking-time-to-microwave-cooking-time

http://www.grpbenefits.net/New/conventionalconversion.htm

Bigleaf syrup: Gary Backlund

Globe and Mail – BC bigleaf maple syrup finding its niche

FLANNEL

Globe and Mail – True North Strong and Plaid (reprinted in Canadiana Connection)

Gear Patrol – The History of Canada

Upper Canada Village – Asselstine’s Woolen Factory

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Ep. 33: Obsessions: Lace Knits and Hazelnuts

We're going off-script this month and treating ourselves to a whole episode about our current obsessions. No rhyme, no reason, no era - just really cool history. Torey's facing her fears and diving into an obsession with lace knitting (and/or knitted lace, depending on who you're talking to). Meanwhile, Steph is all in on hazelnuts, and we both make some fabulous nutty dishes. Thanks for listening! Find us online: Instagram @fashionablyateshow Facebook and Pinterest @fashionablyate Email us at fashionablyateshow@gmail.com Check our facts Food History of gianduja: Chocolate hazelnut spread from Hazelnut Hill Roland del Monte's pâte à tartiner recipe from Canadian Geographic, by Alexandra Pope Praline paste recipe from roadtopastry.com Mixed herbs and hazelnut roast potatoes recipe from spice trekkers.com Dinner in Memory of George Washington, given by the George Washington-Sulgrave Institution, February 1926 . From NYPL "What's On ...

Ep. 17: Eaton's All the Butter Tarts

Are you in the club? The butter tart club? The one that every Canadian (or at least Ontarian) is automatically born into? Yes, today we're talking about our favourite and most controversial pastry. Raisins? Nuts? Plain? Runny/firm? What's the deal? Does the first known recorded butter tart recipe answer any of these questions? Inspired by that very first recipe, we're also talking about another one-time Canadian/Ontarian behemoth: Eaton's! Specifically, Eaton's catalogues. Torey could read those things for days. What we're obsessed with in history: Torey: BBC's A Stitch in Time series (not available in Canada, but you can find full episodes on YouTube ) Steph: The Fabric Of Our Land: Salish Weaving - a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology led by Chief Janice George and Buddy Joseph. Steph attended in February and Torey is trying VERY hard not to get jealous. Thanks for listening! Find us online: Instagram @fashionablyateshow Facebook and ...

Ep. 28: Deer Catharine

This month we're going further back than this podcast has gone before: decades before Mrs Beeton, there was Catharine Parr Traill, a woman whose letters we study and whose symbolism we have a hard time coming to grips with. To everyone's surprise, our fashion segment this month actually covers fashion: we're looking at the late Regency period and the relatively loose dresses that came with it. In another podcast first, we're also taking a stab at some meaty dishes. Both Torey and Steph fry up some venison steaks, and we talk about the history and ethics of game meat in Canada. Less controversially, we also serve up some cranberry sauce and tarts, to mixed reviews. What we're obsessed with in history Steph : An old favourite: Lucy Worsely, an English historian and author, and two of her books: Jane Austen at Home: A Biography and Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days that Changed Her Life . Get in that library queue, these books are going fast. Torey : A new ...

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