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Spinach-loving Sailor
boye, the Sailor Man is a hero lo America's spinach industry.
palak-guzzling cartoon influenced the eating habits of the Americans to such an extent that
nach became the third most popular food after turkey and ice cream in the 1930s. In gratitude,
- US spinach capital, Crystal City in Texas erected a stalue to honour Popeye.
ere is a statue of Popeye in the town of Chester, Illinois too Chester is the birthplace of Elzie
gar, creator of the character. The bronze statue, 1.8m tall and weighing 400 kilos was erected
Sogar Memorial Park in 1977 Vandals, presumably spinach haters, made three allempts to destroy
but Popeye proved too tough for them, suffering only minor damage each
ne.
SPINACH
Spinach is a good source of vitamin A,
the vitamin B, folic acid and vitamin C.
It also contains a fair amount of
potassium, calcium and iron but
because of its oxalic acid content, the
calcium and iron are not well absorbed
by the body. It has a large amount of
fibre too
Complete the following sentences appropriately :
· The palak-guzzling cartoon refers to a cartoon character named
was the most popular food for the Americans,
2. In 1930s,
followed by ice cream and spinach.
3. The cartoon character mentioned in the passage was created by
4. Elzie Segar was born in the town of
5. The calcium and iron contained in spinach are not absorbed by human body because
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