Salisbury steak was health food before it became cafeteria nostalgia

Salisbury steak wasn't always cafeteria comfort food—it was supposed to be medicine. According to Boing Boing, Dr. James Salisbury created this chopped-beef dish in the nineteenth century as a health treatment, promoting it as a high-beef diet with therapeutic benefits. But America had other ideas: smothered in gravy, it became the frozen-dinner and lunch-line staple we remember today.

Listen to this story

Hear this and more stories in a personalized audio briefing.

Open The Chonkerton