The Artist Trying to Explain Kentucky’s ‘Meat Shower’ of 1876
A historical head-scratcher inspired the world’s worst jelly bean flavor. (Atlas Obscura) EVERY OCTOBER, AROUND 200,000 PEOPLE gather in Kentucky for Court Days, the largest outdoor event in the state. Ever since 1794, locals have bought, traded, or sold various goods at the festival, held in the city of Mount Sterling. But in one of the strangest offerings in Court Days history, Kurt Gohde, professor of art at Transylvania University, handed out meat-flavored jelly beans in