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Food Editor @ChicagoTribune. Previously @AP and The ABIS Group. Proud Filipina, desert girl and @uarizona grad. 🇵🇭🌵😸
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‘Bad Decision for a Good Cause:’ August event in Chicago looks to set Malört world record

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By Kayla Samoy Verified
| The Union Democrat Verified
From most cookies dunked in milk at one time to most sweet corn kernels eaten in 3 minutes with a toothpick, the Chicago area has seen its fair share of attempts at setting niche food-related world records. The next comes in August, when Jeppson’s Malört hopes to gather hundreds of fans to set the world record for most people taking a shot of Malört at the same time.
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'Bad Decision for a Good Cause:' August event in Chicago looks to set Malört world record

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By Kayla Samoy Verified
| The Brunswick News Verified
The history of the polarizing liquor stretches back to Swedish immigrant Carl Jeppson, who made what he called a homemade medicinal drink during Prohibition in the 1930s. It was made in Chicago by the Mar-Salle Distillery until that distillery closed in 1986. Malört production moved briefly to Kentucky before Carl Jeppson Co. spent 30 years making it in Florida. Then, in September 2018, East Pilsen-based CH Distillery bought the company and returned Malört home.
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‘Bad Decision for a Good Cause:’ August event in Chicago looks to set Malört world record

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By Kayla Samoy Verified
| Yahoo Life Verified
CHICAGO — From most cookies dunked in milk at one time to most sweet corn kernels eaten in 3 minutes with a toothpick, the Chicago area has seen its fair share of attempts at setting niche food-related world records. The next comes in August, when Jeppson's Malört hopes to gather hundreds of fans to set the world record for most people taking a shot of Malört at the same time.
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