Episode 23

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6th Mar 2025

Reefers, Frozen Peas, and TV dinners: Chilly Stories & Innovations

This is a Chilling Episode about Food, Family and Refrigeration:

Join Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely as they take you on a cool adventure through the history of refrigeration in this episode of Family Tree, Food & Stories about the "Refrigeration Revolution: From Ice Blocks and Straw to TV Dinners."

As with each episode, there's always a wild food and family story, but in this show, you'll also learn some really cool things,s including how refrigeration changed food storage, from ice blocks and caves to quick freezing and frozen foods. Nancy and Sylvia also share some interesting background about the people and famous brands like Clarence Birdseye, Swanson, and the Jolly Green Giant, who changed mealtime for generations to come.

Want to hear how a dozen TV dinners once tricked a family foodie into thinking the meal was homemade? Then tune in now.

Nancy and Sylvia also share their stories and unique tips for using frozen foods that you might not know about.

This episode mixes fun memories with useful advice, even if you're not a big foodie or cook.

Key Takeaways:👍

  • What a reefer really is and how it changed our daily lives
  • Interesting facts about the
  • nutritional values of some frozen foods
  • History of Swanson's TV Dinners
  • Yes, you can roast frozen veggies: learn how
  • What to do with a frozen cucumber other than toss it in the garbage
  • The history of the Jolly Green Giant and how Birdseye got started.
  • and more.

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About Your Hosts: Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely are the powerhouse team behind Family Tree, Food & Stories, an Omnimedia company that celebrates the rich traditions and connections that everyone has around food, friends, and family meals together. Nancy, an award-winning business leader, author, podcaster, and Sylvia, a visionary author, lawyer, and former CEO, combine their expertise to bring captivating stories rooted in history, heritage, and food. Together, they weave stories that blend history, tradition, and the love of food, where generations connect and share intriguing mealtime stories and kitchen foibles.

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Family Tree Food Stories
Where family, food, and stories build on the generations of love, laughter and joy.
Family Tree, Food & Stories podcast is where your hosts, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely, take you on a mouthwatering journey through generations of flavor! We're digging up and sharing the juiciest family secrets, hilarious dinner table disasters, and the heartwarming moments that make your favorite foods, meals, and relationships unforgettable. From Great-Grandma's legendary cheese crust apple pie to that questionable casserole your Uncle Bob swears by. With Family Tree, Food, and Stories, we're serving a feast of laughter, tears, and everything in between. So, are you ready to uncover and share those unforgettable stories behind every bite and create some new memories along the way? Join our growing family of food enthusiasts and storytellers as we Eat, laugh, relive the past, and learn how to create new memories together because. . . every recipe has a story, and every story is a feast.

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Nancy May

Nancy May is a corporate leader, business advisor, author, speaker, and nationally recognized podcast host. She has spent her career working with CEOs, Boards of Directors, and senior leaders in the public and private corporate sectors. These experiences gave her the strength and foundation to step in and provide her parents with guidance and support, both as their POA and Trustee, and diehard advocate as they aged. Nancy credits her father an entrepreneur, innovator of innovative eyewear design, and her mom for encouraging and preparing her to acquire the many skills needed to start, build, and lead several successful businesses. She has transitioned these competencies and life lessons to into her new business, CareManity, LLC, which focuses on providing family caregivers structured ways to obtain practical knowledge, resources, and access much-needed support.