16 Jan 08 Death by Dessert

King Adolf Frederick,of Sweden loved to eat and died from it too!

The “King Who Ate Himself to Death” died in 1771 at the age of 61 from a digestive problem after eating a giant meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, cabbage soup, smoked herring, champagne and 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla , a bun filled with marzipan and milk.

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