Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellant

Fox ^ | Jul 2. 2015 | Staff

[lbryce]

It's time to channel the spirit of cooking icon Julia Child, not for her coq au vin, but for her shark cake.

Long before she became a master of French cuisine, the legendary chef's very first recipe was cooking up a special shark repellent during World War II.

“I could boil water for tea but my first big recipe was shark repellant that I mixed in a bathtub for the Navy, for the men who might get caught in the water,” Child once told her longtime producer Margaret Sullivan.

In light of the recent shark attacks, including this weekend's stunning video of a surfer beating off a shark, beach goers this season could probably use some of this miracle concoction now.

[lbryce]

here were no research costs involved. What started off as some exotic entree found its way as a tool for ocean exloration.

[EvilCapitalist]

I remember that stuff. Adam West used it when he played Batman in 1966, I think.

[StAntKnee]

a surfer beating off a shark What would Instapundit call that? Twentieth Century romances?

[MeganC]

Shark blood is an effective shark repellent.

[Rio]

From the CIA’s own web site:
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/shark-repellent.html

[dware]

In light of the recent shark attacks, including this weekend's stunning video of a surfer beating off a shark

Journalists these days...SMH

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=9dghbyBaQyI

XD

[Boogieman]

Hey, if they love each other, that’s all that matters, right?

[Manic_Episode]

Apparently it didn't work as a repellant for the shark, but a diuretic instead...

[lbryce]

Nicely done

[moehoward]

[Fungi]

Well, did her recipe work? Had lunch with her once. She made a great bean salad with an absolutely divine dressing. I could never get the recipe.

[ComputerGuy]

I was hoping someone would post that SNL skit. Too funny!

[CatherineofAragon]

Classic.

She hated conservatives, though. I don’t much care because I was a kid when she had her show...she was never on my radar.

[Don Corleone]

Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellant

I've tried some of her recipes and can easily see why the sharks were repelled.

[shibumi]

It's a little known fact that Julia Child also wrote Science Fiction.

In fact, she is credited for penning the pilot script for "Sharknado!"

Seems that the inspiration came to her one day while preparing a Shark Pate' in her Cuisinart .....

[JoeProBono]

[CatherineofAragon]

So you’re saying we can put the blame for all THREE of those flicks on her?

That’s...very grave indeed.

[shibumi]

Just the seminal plot line.

The resultant movies can be blamed on Oprah, Maury, Ellen, the NAACP and the Confederate Battle Flag.

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL

I bet that Ted Cruz had a role in it somewhere. I just know it.