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FANNY FARMER

Fanny Farmer had to pay the printing costs of her cookbook, The Boston Cooking School Cook Book, because Little, Brown and Company were not very enthusiastic about publishing another cookbook. By 1977, over 4 million copies had been sold, outselling any other book ever published by Little, Brown and Company.

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FIG NEWTONS

Fig Newtons were created in 1891 by the Kennedy Biscuit Works in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. They had named many of their other cookies for nearby towns, and almost called it the "Fig Shrewsbury" before Newton won out.

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FORTUNE COOKIES

Although it is true that Ancient Chinese warlords would send messages hidden inside cakes, fortune cookies are not Chinese, they were invented in Los Angeles around 1920.

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LONGEST WORD

According to the Guiness book of World Records, the longest word ever to occur in a literary work has to do with a fricassee, with 17 sweet and sour ingredients, including brains, honey vinegar, fish, pickles, and ouzo. The word appears in The Ecclesiazusae, a satirical comedy by Aristophanes (443-388? BC), an Athenian playwright. In Greek, the word is 170 letters, transliterated into English it is 182 letters. Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotri mmatosilphiopar aomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperiste ralektryonopteke phalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygo n.

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12439

RANCH DRESSING

There really was a Hidden Valley Ranch. It was a resort in California, and it was there that Ranch Dressing was 'invented' sometime in the 1950's.

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12440

3 MUSKETEERS CANDY BAR

The Three Musketeers bar was introduced in 1932. The original 3 Musketeers had 3 bars in one wrapper, each with a different flavor.

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Tootsie Roll

In 1896 Tootsie Rolls debuted, introduced by Leo Hirshfield of New York who named them after his daughter's nickname, 'Tootsie'.

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12442

Twinkies

Twinkies snack cakes were invented in 1930 by James Dewar of the Continental Baking Company in Chicago. Dewar supposedly ate 2 Twinkies a day until he died in 1985

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I think that this really depends on the beer in question.... for American style lagers this is most certainly true. For some other styles, such as a double or triple Boch, they require time in the bottle.

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He he he... I still have two bottles of stout in my fridge that I brewed over 3 years ago. Over time the quantity has dwindled as I get curious to see if the beer is still OK, I open the bottle take a taste and it is still just as good as it was. I only get to do that two more times

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off to work

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

12448

This thread proves the theory of hope triumphing over experience, does it not?

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Erotically yours... Gus

12449~It proves that there's nothing like a group effort, working towards a goal.

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