
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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