Susan Flavin's guest appearances

Susan Flavin

Trinity College Dublin Talks

The British Food History Podcast

Brian Lucey

Kevin Mitchell

Luke O'Neill

Shane O'Mara

Brendan Kelly

Darryl Jones

Brian Caulfield

Daniel Cosgrove

Ciaran Brady

Laura Brennan

Andrew Burke

Martina Mullin

Linda Djougang

Ruth Britto

Michele Hallahan

OwlTail

Marc Meltonville

Today Neil talks to Susan Flavin and Marc Meltonville about recreating as close as possible beer from the accounts of Dublin Castle right at the end of the 16th century. This investigation is part of a much larger project called Food Cult, which is, according to their website “a five-year project funded by the European Research Council. This project brings together history, archaeology, science and information technology to explore the diet and foodways of diverse communities in early modern Ireland. It will serve as a model for future comparative and interdisciplinary work in the field of historical food studies.”In today’s episode we talk about the Food Cult project, the aims of the beer project, misconceptions about beer and beer drinking in the past, when beer becomes porridge, how to source 16th century ingredients and – of course – what the beer tasted like!Follow Susan Flavin on Twitter @flavin_susanFollow Marc on Instagram @marcmeltonvilleMarc Meltonville’s website: www.meltonville.uk/The FOOD CULT website: https://foodcult.eu/ Their journal article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/understanding-early-modern-beer-an-interdisciplinary-casestudy/76C118F73B8D35FED9E5B69CB3E966FBThere are 4 Easter eggs associated with this episode, to access them start a monthly £3 subscription.Subscribers get access to all of the Easter eggs, premium blog content and Neil’s monthly newsletter. Visit https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/ for more details. On that page, you could also donate a one-off ‘virtual coffee’ or ‘virtual pint’. All money received goes into making more content. Other bits:Neil’s new blog post ‘Forgotten Foods #10: Porpoise’: http://britishfoodhistory.com/2023/06/25/forgotten-foods-10-porpoise/Neil’s blogs:‘BritishFood: a History’ http://britishfoodhistory.com ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ http://neilcooksgrigson.com Buy Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper at your favourite bookshop, or from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword History: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Before-Mrs-Beeton-Hardback/p/22437 Neil’s other book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as wellas from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481 Don’t forget there will be postbag episodes, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open. You can now find me at Mastodon too: @neilbuttery@mastodon.gastrokon.com.Join the new British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistoryThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Today Neil talks to Susan Flavin and Marc Meltonville about recreating as close as possible beer from the accounts of Dublin Castle right at the end of the 16th century. This investigation is part of a much larger project called Food Cult, which is, according to their website “a five-year project funded by the <a href="https://erc.europa.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">European Research Council</a>. This project brings together history, archaeology, science and information technology to explore the diet and foodways of diverse communities in early modern Ireland. It will serve as a model for future comparative and interdisciplinary work in the field of historical food studies.”In today’s episode we talk about the Food Cult project, the aims of the beer project, misconceptions about beer and beer drinking in the past, when beer becomes porridge, how to source 16th century ingredients and – of course – what the beer tasted like!Follow Susan Flavin on Twitter @flavin_susanFollow Marc on Instagram @marcmeltonvilleMarc Meltonville’s website: <a href="http://www.meltonville.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.meltonville.uk/</a>The FOOD CULT website: <a href="https://foodcult.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://foodcult.eu/</a> Their journal article: <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/understanding-early-modern-beer-an-interdisciplinary-casestudy/76C118F73B8D35FED9E5B69CB3E966FB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/understanding-early-modern-beer-an-interdisciplinary-casestudy/76C118F73B8D35FED9E5B69CB3E966FB</a>There are 4 Easter eggs associated with this episode, to access them start a monthly £3 subscription.Subscribers get access to all of the Easter eggs, premium blog content and Neil’s monthly newsletter. Visit <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/</a> for more details. On that page, you could also donate a one-off ‘virtual coffee’ or ‘virtual pint’. All money received goes into making more content. Other bits:Neil’s new blog post ‘Forgotten Foods #10: Porpoise’: <a href="http://britishfoodhistory.com/2023/06/25/forgotten-foods-10-porpoise/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://britishfoodhistory.com/2023/06/25/forgotten-foods-10-porpoise/</a>Neil’s blogs:‘BritishFood: a History’ <a href="http://britishfoodhistory.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://britishfoodhistory.com</a> ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ <a href="http://neilcooksgrigson.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://neilcooksgrigson.com</a> Buy Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper at your favourite bookshop, or from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword History: <a href="http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Before-Mrs-Beeton-Hardback/p/22437" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Before-Mrs-Beeton-Hardback/p/22437</a> Neil’s other book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as wellas from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword: <a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481</a> Don’t forget there will be postbag episodes, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open. You can now find me at Mastodon too: @neilbuttery@mastodon.gastrokon.com.Join the new British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory</a>This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - <a href="https://chartable.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chartable.com/privacy</a>

Recreating 16th Century Beer with Susan Flavin & Marc Meltonville

Associate Prof in History Dr Susan Flavin has a unique take on studying history and her work is bringing together historians and archaeologists to explore what we ate and drank (hint: lots of beer) during the 16th century.

Fascinating food facts from the 16th century with Dr Susan Flavin