{"id":36816,"date":"2022-05-06T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=36816"},"modified":"2022-05-06T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:47:26","slug":"get-the-surprising-and-sometimes-jawdropping-411-on-classic-dishes-with-new-series-messy-history-of-american-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/06\/get-the-surprising-and-sometimes-jawdropping-411-on-classic-dishes-with-new-series-messy-history-of-american-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the Surprising and Sometimes Jawdropping 411 on Classic Dishes with New Series &#8220;Messy History of American Food&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36817\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/messy-history-of-american-food.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/messy-history-of-american-food.webp 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/messy-history-of-american-food-300x226.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Dive mouth-first into the often-messy history of some of America&#8217;s most iconic foods with a wild ride that&#8217;s hilarious, surprising, and informational in the new series, <strong><em>Messy History of American Food<\/em><\/strong>, premiering Wednesday, May 11th exclusively on discovery+. 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