In 1951, members of the a lot commemorated, celebrated, ballyhooed, and, in newer years, considered with a way more crucial eye, New York Explorer’s Membership, hosted a dinner throughout which they claimed to serve prehistoric mammoth meat recovered from beneath a glacier.
A person named Doug Mack, who runs a wonderful Twitter web page and a e-newsletter wherein he writes in regards to the historical past of meals, not too long ago investigated this dinner and what he discovered was each not stunning and appalling. It additionally makes for fascinating studying.
Meals historical past thread for you!
This one’s about fashionable “explorers” who claimed to have eaten prehistoric meat discovered underneath miles of ice.
There’s a twist…after which one other twist.
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— Doug Mack (@douglasmack) March 16, 2022
