Comments on: 3 Historical Food Fights

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:57:00 +0000

I’m from Panama and once a massive food fight happened here. In the year 1846 the Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty was signed, this treaty let Americans pass freely through Panama’s territory. Thing is, on April 15 1856 an American named Jack Oliver was drunk and decided to buy a watermelon slice from José Manuel Luna. He ate the slice and refused to pay (the price was a nickel). This, started a heated discussion between Oliver and Luna that ended when Jack Oliver took out a gun shot someone and fled.
As this was taking place the steamship Illinois was arriving on port and the Americans aboard it where suddenly in the midst of a huge fight.
The result was 16 dead Americans and 15 wounded and 2 dead locals and 13 injured.

This “food fight” came to be known as “El Incidente de la Tajada de Sandía” or “The Watermelon Slice Incident”

By: Kikadee

Kikadee — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:46:00 +0000

Don’t forget the Pig War between the Americans and British in 1859. An American settler on one of the San Juan Islands shot a pig belonging to a nearby British colonial farm, because it was eating potatoes in his garden. While originally a battle over bacon ‘n’ spuds, it soon turned into a full-on territorial boundary dispute between the two nations.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:34:00 +0000

@ Ian

I’m a zit!! Get it?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:16:00 +0000

How about the historical Faber College food fight of 1978? Started by a seventh year senior John Blutarsky trying to elude the wrath of ROTC cadet officer Douglas Niedermeyer. It truely was an Animal House that dreadful day.

By: The Queen

The Queen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:57:00 +0000

“Then they all had tea” *LOL* Could there be a more perfect way to end a cod war?

By: Amy D

Amy D — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:19:00 +0000

What I find funny is that slaves in the West Indies hated breadfruit then, but now it’s a staple. I went to Jamaica several years ago with other native Jamaicans (who now live in the US), and one of them brought back a huge suitcase full of breadfruit, that’s how much he loved it.