Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 27, 2014
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! The real gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 lasted only 30 seconds! Death wish! In 1997, the late Audrey Knauer of Kentucky bequeathed her entire $300,000 estate to actor Charles Bronson - whom she had never met. The traditional Norwegian dish of Smalahove is a smoked sheep's head seved with rutabaga.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Andrew Zimmern would love the smalahove… if he had a “Bizarre Foods” Travel Channel episode in Norway.
Kali39 almost 11 years ago
I read somewhere that the real gunfight wasn’t actually AT the OK Corral – it was a few blocks down the road. So, does that just show how good shots Wyatt and Morgan Earp were?
Sidhekin almost 11 years ago
As if “swede” wasn’t bizarre … I’ve been told “rutabaga” is derived from Swedish “rotabagge”, which is literally “root bag”, and no less bizarre.
Add a single carrot before mashing, and that’s how my mom makes it. Delicious with mutton in many ways. :)
hill2209 almost 11 years ago
Audrey must have really liked the way he wiped out the bad guys.
goweeder almost 11 years ago
Smalahove? I just lost my appetite.
However, in my opinion, mashed rutabaga is delicious. (and it’s very good for you.)
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
Wow! That sheep’s head smoking must be a mean buzz… And a meaner munchie!
louieglutz almost 11 years ago
if you like smalahove, you will love lutefisk. only a very hearty race could stand both.
artegal almost 11 years ago
“Only 30 seconds” of getting shot at is still a very long time.
Guilty Bystander almost 11 years ago
Think I’ll stick with Canadian bacon pizza with extra cheese. It’s what’s for breakfast!
ClarkSavageJr almost 11 years ago
I just finished a series of books (Master & Commander by Patrick O’Brien) wherein the hero’s favorite dish is Soused Hog’s Face, followed by Dead Baby pudding.
Stephen Gilberg almost 11 years ago
If I were Bronson, I wouldn’t know what to do. I wouldn’t feel right keeping it or declining it. Give it away to yet another stranger?
TebalYahu almost 11 years ago
I have read the series by O’Brien several times now. They and the Hornblower books are great. Also, I love rutabagas, but then I’m from a old farmer family in Iowa.