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Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellant
Fox ^
| Jul 2. 2015
| Staff
Posted on 07/20/2015 3:26:00 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: juliahild; sharkepellant
here were no research costs involved. What started off as some exotic entree found its way as a tool for ocean exloration.
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:26:00 PM PDT
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
I remember that stuff. Adam West used it when he played Batman in 1966, I think.
To: lbryce
a surfer beating off a shark What would Instapundit call that? Twentieth Century romances?
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:31:28 PM PDT
by
StAntKnee
(Add your own danged sarc tag)
To: lbryce
Shark blood is an effective shark repellent.
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:32:01 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
To: lbryce
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:32:35 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: lbryce
In light of the recent shark attacks, including this weekend's stunning video of a surfer beating off a sharkJournalists these days...SMH
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:33:27 PM PDT
by
dware
(Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
To: EvilCapitalist
To: StAntKnee
Hey, if they love each other, that’s all that matters, right?
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:36:35 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: EvilCapitalist
Apparently it didn't work as a repellant for the shark, but a diuretic instead...
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:36:47 PM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(GOP = The Whig Party)
To: Manic_Episode
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:39:17 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
To: MeganC
To: lbryce
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.
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:42:57 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: moehoward
I was hoping someone would post that SNL skit. Too funny!
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:45:59 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Powered by RAGE)
To: moehoward
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.
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:49:02 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
To: lbryce
Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellant
I've tried some of her recipes and can easily see why the sharks were repelled.
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:56:30 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: CatherineofAragon; Jane Long; humblegunner; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Salamander; ...
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 .....
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:00:21 PM PDT
by
shibumi
("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
To: shibumi
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:20:43 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: shibumi
So you’re saying we can put the blame for all THREE of those flicks on her?
That’s...very grave indeed.
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:21:02 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
To: CatherineofAragon
Just the seminal plot line.
The resultant movies can be blamed on Oprah, Maury, Ellen, the NAACP and the Confederate Battle Flag.
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:26:19 PM PDT
by
shibumi
("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
To: shibumi
LOL
I bet that Ted Cruz had a role in it somewhere. I just know it.
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:30:18 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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