
E281 A Gossip Corner Dinner Trap and Facts Served Up on a Celery Dish
And That's Why We Drink
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Celery Vases
Celery at the time cost 33 shillings, which is equivalent to 220 dollars. It became such a hot commodity that even they had to come up with a punishment for thieves trying to steal celery out of these trenches. And because it was so hard to grow, this is where it gets extra silly, or should i say, silly, silly celerys. Here's the thing, once they finally were able to have some celery, in front of them, they were like, they would feel guilty about even eating it. They wanted to show how elaborate and how exquisite and expensive this meal was. I assume at some point after everyone left, at least you ate it
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