064 Milk & Butter Money

Enter the Dairy Maid - or Milk Maid, I'll accept either answer.<br />They were one of the these groups of women who used to be a skilled worker, but that pesky no being able to sign contracts or own stuff really stifled the ability to do any business beyond work for wages. Funny that. <br /><br />But in the 18th century and the rise of Dairies as stand alone businesses because there was <br />A) land to have them<br />and <br />B) large bustling cities that worked as a customer base<br /><br />you could start to get cream skimmed by someone else, summer cream cheese became a thing, and you could even buy a swallow of milk on the street - maybe to cool your fiery palate from that mug of Pepper-Pot Stew you got from the other street vendor.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and people were noticing that dairy maids were doing better than the general population as a couple of waves of The Smallpox washed through the colonies. What to do about that? Not clear yet.<br /><br />Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle<br />Show Notes: <a href="https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener">https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com">TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com</a> <br />Mastadon: @THoAFood@Mastadon.social<br />Twitter: @THoAFood<br />Instagram: @THoAFood