So apparently there was something to Popeye ingesting "spinach" through his pipe. Food writer Michael Pollan speaks with Brooke Gladstone on NPR's On the Media about the recent spinach E. Coli fiasco.
In the discussion Pollan reveals that spinach was in fact slang for marijuana in the 1930's when Popeye was created. The weed had recently come under fire from the federal government where it was suggested that the smokers and ingesters would become bezerk with superhuman strength.
Stay tuned for next week's episode Scooby Snacks, Dagwood Sandwiches and Methadone: Which Treatment is Best for You?
http://onthemedia.org/pretranscript.html
* transcripts won't actually be available until Tuesday September 26th, audio available now.
4 comments:
That explains his laugh!
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