🎙️ Episode 14: Brace Up, Gents - Thanksgiving - [Nov 28, 1942]
It's Thanksgiving, 1942, and that means it's time to talk about... restaurants. And also hardware stores. And trains. But also... which way is north. Classic Thanksgiving talk.
It's Thanksgiving!! It's dark! It's cold! It's lonely! And it's time to talk about food.
With a rousing poem, and recommendations from the time, we explore the culinary delights of the season. Lee's Broiler! The West Twins! It's a tour of the Twin Cities restaurant scene.
Mattie is feeling the absence of the Boys during the Holiday, but she's cooking a goose anyways. We get to learn about how Matt's job works as a railway postal clerk, and debate the difference between east and south (the cardinal directions) and which is which.
Plus, Monkey Wards!
- Bud (stepson)
- Gram (mom)
- Wes (son)
- Flo (daughter-in-law)
- Gennrich's (friends)
Links:
- Thanksgiving, 1942, by Christopher La Farge (The New Yorker)
- I Recommend [good places to go, eat, play and shop] by Roland L. Hill
- Menu from Lee's Broiler
- The West Twins
- Mail By Rail training video
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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.