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Stilton. Ah yes, Stilton. This Insult to Cows Everywhere is considered the very best in England, where deep-boiled eel guts in slippery-gray fester pudding sauce is Fine Dining. Remember: you can’t conquer a worldwide empire by serving good food at home, and this cheese alone launched a thousand ships for sure. In fact, I did a little research and learned that Stilton’s military roots go even deeper: It’s not really cheese at all, but was in fact one of the first biological weapons concocted by those dastardly Royals during the Revolutionary War. The smallest bit could poison any well from New Brunswick to Fort Calistoga. After pitifully snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at Yorktown, they launched a massive cover-up, made like it was food all along, and have been choking the stuff down with their collective pride ever since.

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