Interesting historical trivia: Sir Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, was killed by a cannonball in 1428. For some reason I always remember that when we have Salisbury steak.
Rough way to go. Then again, maybe it was quick.
those freegin Earls... the earl of fry... earl of sangwich..
I think he was a forefather of the guy who suckered the Nazis in WW2 with fake papers planted on a dead body that washed up in Spain!
I was wondering how the Earl of Salisbury translated to Salisbury steak - he was reduced to hamburger after the cannonball hit him?
So I looked it up.
Salisbury Steak was named after James H. Salisbury (1823–1905), an American physician and chemist known for his advocacy of a meat-centered diet to promote health, and the term Salisbury steak for a ground beef patty served as the main course has been used in the United States since 1897.
But the Earl is an interesting story. A relative of mine served with a battery of artillery (3 cannons) during the CW. The Colonel in charge had two horses shot out from under him, one by a cannon ball, another by an exploding shell - I’ll spare you the description of what happened to the horses. The Colonel survived & the cannon saved that battle for the South (second battle of Manassas or Bull Run).
I think of a slab of beef lying on a block at Stonehenge.