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491: No Such Thing As The Beurre War

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Cultural Power of Bovril

During the Second World War, there was a siege at Lady Smith. The garrison were so desperate that they made themselves horse Bovril. They'd eat all the food and then boil down the horses to make chevril. So that just shows the cultural power of Bovril in Britain.

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