Tinned Food with Lindsay Middleton

<p>Today Neil talks to food historian and returning guest Lindsay Middleton about the history of tinned food –something one doesn’t really think about, tinned food being just so every day.</p><p>We talked about what led her to take on the topic, its origins, how people had to be convinced by such an alien concept, the big sell to the navy, and to well-to-do housewives, the big tined food scandal, and the inherent snobbishness around using tinned foods, and many other things.</p><p>Follow Lindsay on Instagram and Threads @lindsaymiddleton_ and on Twitter @lindsmiddleton.</p><p>Read Lindsay’s paper about tinned foods: <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&amp;context=dgs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&amp;context=dgs</a></p><p>Listen to Lindsay’s appearance on the <em>BBC Radio 4</em> programme <em>Free Thinking </em>talking about tinned foods: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jcr0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jcr0</a></p><p>There are 2 Easter eggs associated with this episode, to access them start a monthly £3 subscription.</p><p>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" 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. </p><p><br></p><p><u>Other bits:</u></p><p>Lindsay’s previous appearance on the podcast: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6S2YCcfFMqipsOrZ48wVAp?si=12e95b1ce4454bca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6S2YCcfFMqipsOrZ48wVAp?si=12e95b1ce4454bca</a> </p><p>The Elizabeth Raffald Manchester Central Library event at 6pm on 13 September: <a href="https://libraryliv