Considering that Simpsons Science has included hamburger earmuffs (with the difficult pickle-matrix), reanimating the dead, extracting sweat from nerds, and other deeply unethical processes, I hope the other experiments are supervised by the FDA or DoD.
I don't get the victualer post...
That they're a victualer suggests to me that any navy vessel or marching army that happens to be in the area can go to this trusted establishment and restock their food supply. A google search suggests that Mass. is the only commonwealth or state that still uses the word in its laws-- typical New England failing to let go of the Olde. The same search suggests that 3/5s of the time, the word has 2 letters L.
Well that explains it, since I've always lived in Mass it seemed perfectly normal to me.