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56: Spreads
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55: Carrots
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How do you cure a floppy carrot? Why would you feed carrots to a chicken? Who sabotaged Hitler's carrots?
54: Beef
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53: Oranges
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From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time.
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