Crumbs: Vol. 1
Over the course of the Manitoba Food History project, we’ve encountered many interesting stories, subjects, and recipes that just wouldn’t fit into a full episode. We’ve tasked research assistant Michaela Hiebert to help curate a few of these bite-sized stories into conversational segments we’re calling Crumbs. In our inaugural Crumbs episode, we’ll hear about the history of Manitoba Sugar, learn the smelly story behind baker’s ammonia, and explore Manitoba’s connection to the popular Ukrainian-Canadian dish, beet leaf rolls.
Episode Transcript
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced, written, and narrated by Michaela Hiebert and Kent Davies
Interview participants: Betty Riediger, John Kuhl, Linda Hunter, Jen Frykas, Betty Shumka, Joyce Sirski-Howell
Hosted by Kent Davies and Janis Thiessen
Episode image: Kimberley Moore
Theme music: Robert Kenning
INTERVIEWS
Betty Riediger, former proprietor of Riediger’s Store in Winnipeg, interview by Janis Thiessen, April 13, 2016, in Winnipeg, MB. Digital Audio Recording. Independent Grocers Project. Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
John Kuhl, former President and CEO of Southern Potato Company, interviewed by Sarah Story, 2 February 2015, in Winkler, MB. Digital audio recording, Canadian Snack Foods Project, “Old Dutch Series,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
Linda Hunter, interviewed by Janis Thiessen, and Kimberley Moore, August 2, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
Jen Frykas, interviewed by Kent Davies and Kimberley Moore, August 2, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
Betty Shumka, interviewed by Janis Thiessen, Kent Davies and Kimberley Moore, August 3, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
Joyce Sirski-Howell, interviewed by Janis Thiessen, Kent Davies and Kimberley Moore, August 3, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
MUSIC
Chad Crouch – Habitat, Pacing, The Ramble
Podington Bear - Dramamine
SOUNDS
Field Recordings, Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, August 2-3, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
SOURCES
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Hudgins, Sharon. “Edible Art: Springerle Cookies.” Gastronomica 4, no. 4 (Fall 2004), 66-71.
McGavin, Jennifer. “Ammonium Carbonate in Baking.” The Spruce Eats. Published Apr 30, 2019. Accessed Aug 9, 2021. “Recipe Index.” Mennonite Girls Can Cook. Accessed Aug 9, 2021.
“What is Baker’s Ammonia?” Cooks Illustrated. Accessed Aug 9. 2021.
“About Sugar.” Lantic Rogers, Accessed August 25, 2021.
Friesen, John. “The Manitoba Sugar Beet Industry: A Geographical Study.” M.A. thesis, University of Manitoba, 1962.
Goldsborough, Gordon. “Manitoba Business: Manitoba Sugar Company.” Manitoba Historical Society. June 12, 2018. Accessed 25 August 2021.
“History of the Sugar Industry in Canada,” Canadian Sugar Institute, https://sugar.ca/international-trade/canadian-sugar-market/history-of-sugar. Accessed 25 August 2021.
“First Beets Yielded Only Greens,” Texas A&M University Agrilife Extension, accessed Mar 15, 2022.
Demchinsky, Bryan. “Borscht - A Love Story,” Gastronomica 15, no. 3 (Fall 2015), 71.
Epp, Marlene. “The Semiotics of Zwieback: Feast and Famine in Narratives of Mennonite Refugee Women” in Sisters or Strangers? Immigrant, Ethnic and Racialized Women in Canadian History (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004), 331.
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