068 Dan Robert - A History of Meat

This is Episode Three of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I head down to the National Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans. There I chat with Dan Robert, the curator of Meat Science Programming. Dan was born into a family-owned meat processing and smokehouse business in Louisiana and after earning a degree in Food Science, had a 25 year career with the USFDA, travelling the US and the world inspecting thousands of meat packing plants. In this fascinating interview, I get a lesson in the history of meat in the US and we also get into different meat processing methods from around the world. 

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So without further ado, grab yourself a cup of thick black coffee and a big ole lamb loin chop, and join me as I take a journey through the history of meat in the USA.

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