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5. Condiment Counteroffensive

March 01, 2021 • Milktoast Media • Season 1

Ypres, 1917. The men are in the trenches. They write letters home to loved ones because they know what’s coming; mustard gas. Only it’s not a gas, it’s a paste, a condiment! All is fair in love and war, and in this war, things are getting tasty. What if instead of a deadly gas, the Germans just dropped literal mustard on Allied forces?

Colin manages to squeeze out some facts on mustard. Later, who lets the dogs out? The Allied forces, and Cody.

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Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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