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22 things you won’t believe people used to eat and drink

Strange sustenance from days gone by
Robins
Cockentrice
Radioactive drinks
Calf’s foot jelly
Turtle soup
Mock turtle soup
Terrapin stew
Tapeworms
Rats
Cow udders
Ambergris
Pies full of live birds
Pemmican
Black iguana eggs
Stuffed dormice
Squirrels
Swans
Saloop
Mercury
Heron
Cocaine
Aspic
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Strange sustenance from days gone by

Time is a great teacher and this is especially true when we look back at some of the food and drink our predecessors consumed. Prepare to be surprised and amazed at some of the extraordinary things people have eaten over the centuries and find out why we don’t see them on menus anymore.
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Lovefood Team

28 February 2017

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