Food
Pickle Peace Plan
The Pickle Peace Plan was championed by the Picklers Planetary Unity Party which, in turn, was a creation of the Pickle Packers International, an industry association. It had two main planks:- Instead of a red telephone or bomb button, heads of governments should have a jar of pickles handy. At the first sign of hostility, they would send pickles to each other instead of missiles.
- If war did break out, all politicians would be required to don uniforms and do the fighting while everyone else watched it on television.
William R. Moore, executive vice president of the Pickle Packers International, noted, "We picklers think that with such a peace plan, both sides would either come to a quick armistice or talk themselves to death. Either way, we the public would benefit by such action."
Desert Sun - Feb 2, 1979
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Nov 6, 1976
Oil City Derrick - Nov 6, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 30, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Pickles, War, 1970s
Brussels Sprout Jesus
While preparing veggies for Christmas dinner, Shaunagh Roberts was surprised to see the face of Jesus staring back at her from a Brussels sprout. Though she admits it might also be Johnny Depp. (I think it looks a bit like Einstein.)She says, "I didn't have the heart to cook him so I left the sprout in a corner cupboard and he just sat up there for a little while. After he stopped looking like Jesus he got put in the green recycling bin."
More info: The Sun
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 27, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Religion, Pareidolia
Metric Lunch Box
Imagine the insults suffered by the dweeb forced by well-meaning parents to carry this lunch pail to school.The objects children take to school can communicate messages. In the 1970s, the U.S. government encouraged more general use of the metric units of weight and measure, units that had been adopted in almost all other nations. To teach children about metric units, some parents purchased this lunch box.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 23, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Government, Science, Bullying, Harassment, Outsiders, Persecuted, and Excluded Groups, Children, 1970s
The Peanut Butter Story
As reported by Sherry Gershon Gottlieb in Hell No, We Won’t Go! Resisting the Draft During the Vietnam War:
via Legends & Rumors
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 18, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Military, Excrement
Cannibal Sandwiches
In what has apparently become an annual ritual, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has warned Wisconsinites that 'cannibal sandwiches' (aka raw beef or tartare sandwiches) pose a health risk, and that it's really better to cook the meat first.Somehow I've gone my entire life without knowing that there was such a thing as cannibal sandwiches — let alone that they're considered a Christmas tradition in Wisconsin.
The traditional recipe for a cannibal sandwich is raw ground beef spread open-faced on rye bread. Salt and pepper the meat. Then add a few raw onions. Some people like a dash of Worcestershire on the meat. The sandwich should be served very cold. And it's common to have it with a beer.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 15, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Christmas
Recipes for Cooking Muskrat Meat
Check it out here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 15, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Food, Government, 1940s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
World’s Largest Gingerbread House
Seven years ago. What ever happened to it, I wonder.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 09, 2020 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Food, Holidays, Regionalism, World Records
Strange Personal Checks
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 04, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Food, Money, Pranks and Revenge, 1960s
Happy Thanksgiving 2020!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 26, 2020 -
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Category: Food, History, Holidays, Myths and Fairytales
Canned Roadkill
1990: T. Roy Gentry began selling cans that he advertised as containing possum run over by a cattle truck 2 miles south of Ozark, Missouri. The cans actually contained potted meat from a local grocery store.
Newsweek - Mar 19, 1990
Kansas City Times - Feb 20, 1990
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 18, 2020 -
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Category: Food, 1990s, Pranks
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