All You Can Eat, But Shouldn't Part I

They say you are what you eat.In which case, some people are toxic pufferfish liver. Others are a turkey head sewn onto a pig's butt.Food is everything to us: life, culture, and community. For millennia we've put all kinds of things in our mouths, some of them deadly, some which seem - to modern eyes and ears - uh, questionable?Today, as we dig, Jolts & Zing ask:What celebrity fad diet did Lord Byron introduce?What disgusting meal do George Washington and Warner Herzog have in common?Why did Fidel Castro breed a super cow?Open wide! Here comes the plane! Full of wild weird food. Let's Get Shocked!REFERENCESUpton Sinclair’s The JungleHistoric Kitchens at Hampton Palace - Recipes ReferenceSurvivor, Season 10 Episode 8: Neanderthal Man, in which they eat Balut.Created, researched and performed by Daniel Berger-Jones and John J King.Produced and edited by Kenneth Fuentes, Daniel Berger-Jones, and John J King.