Tập
Modern Marvels: Episode 43
Tóm tắt
They're the meat in our sandwiches. We will take you behind the deli counter to reveal the secret ingredients in boloney. Watch a master sausage maker craft salami, and pile it on at Carnegie Deli with their famous mile-high pastrami sandwich.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Modern Marvels
- Mùa
- Mùa 14
- Tập
- Tập 43
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2007-12-17
- Thời lượng
- 44 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 43 là tập 43 trong Season 14 của Modern Marvels. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2007-12-17. Thời lượng là 44 min.
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Tập 44
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