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Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Sitting down to the traditional holiday ham this season? This week on The Feast, we're celebrating the unofficial animal of winter: the pig! Find out why a boar's head is the center of holiday traditions from London to Louisville. We'll learn a porcine Christmas carol, some tips on how to buy off the mayor of medieval London, & why an Oxford college still celebrates an epic 14th century battle of student vs. pig. Discover the distant & unexpected roots of the spiral-cut holiday ham this week on a very special porky holiday episode.

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

This week, The Feast is heading to the Canadian wilderness- where 10,000 US soldiers helped to build the Alaskan Highway in 1942. But how do you feed an army in the middle of nowhere? We'll look at how these soldiers survived arctic winters & mosquito-plagued summers with the latest in military food technology, including dehydrated foods and the rise of the dreaded C-Ration, the meal for the soldier on the go. With nothing but powdered milk and tinned food to eat for up to six months at a time, soldiers got creative with the local wildlife. Bear steak, anyone?

Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Boars & Butchers: A Porky History of Winter Festivals

Sitting down to the traditional holiday ham this season? This week on The Feast, we're celebrating the unofficial animal of winter: the pig! Find out why a boar's head is the center of holiday traditions from London to Louisville. We'll learn a porcine Christmas carol, some tips on how to buy off the mayor of medieval London, & why an Oxford college still celebrates an epic 14th century battle of student vs. pig. Discover the distant & unexpected roots of the spiral-cut holiday ham this week on a very special porky holiday episode.

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

Bulldozer Butter & C-Rations: The Food that Built the Alaskan Highway

This week, The Feast is heading to the Canadian wilderness- where 10,000 US soldiers helped to build the Alaskan Highway in 1942. But how do you feed an army in the middle of nowhere? We'll look at how these soldiers survived arctic winters & mosquito-plagued summers with the latest in military food technology, including dehydrated foods and the rise of the dreaded C-Ration, the meal for the soldier on the go. With nothing but powdered milk and tinned food to eat for up to six months at a time, soldiers got creative with the local wildlife. Bear steak, anyone?