Time for a learning moment (doesn't happen often here on MattChat...... HA!).
One of my favorite crackers:
While everyone is social distancing, some people are becoming mega internet sleuths and are unveiling things we didn’t even think we’d needed or cared to know — like the origins story of Triscuit crackers.
Sage Boggs on Twitter took a deep dive into the meaning behind Triscuit’s name, and his thread has garnered over 134,000 likes. Boggs had been thinking about the Triscuit name long before social distancing began, though.
“Several years ago I was at a party (BRAG!), and I spotted a box of Triscuits,” Boggs began. “I asked everyone, ‘What does the word ‘Triscuit’ mean? It’s clearly based on the word ‘BISCUIT,’ but what does the ‘TRI’ mean?’ (I’m great at parties.)”
He did some more internet sleuthing and came across some early Triscuit advertisements stating that the cracker was baked by electricity.
“In the early 1900’s, Triscuit was run out of Niagara Falls. And their big selling point? Being ‘baked by electricity,'” said Boggs. “They were ‘the only food on the market prepared by this 1903 process.’ Look at the lightning bolts! And that’s when it clicked– Elec-TRI-city Biscuit. TRISCUIT MEANS ‘ELECTRICITY BISCUIT.'”
(https://people.com/food/man-on-twitter-discovers-meaning-behind-triscuits-name/)
Confirmed by Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits/
Note the lightning bolts on the early package design above. :)
And now you know.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
One of my favorite crackers:
While everyone is social distancing, some people are becoming mega internet sleuths and are unveiling things we didn’t even think we’d needed or cared to know — like the origins story of Triscuit crackers.
Sage Boggs on Twitter took a deep dive into the meaning behind Triscuit’s name, and his thread has garnered over 134,000 likes. Boggs had been thinking about the Triscuit name long before social distancing began, though.
“Several years ago I was at a party (BRAG!), and I spotted a box of Triscuits,” Boggs began. “I asked everyone, ‘What does the word ‘Triscuit’ mean? It’s clearly based on the word ‘BISCUIT,’ but what does the ‘TRI’ mean?’ (I’m great at parties.)”
He did some more internet sleuthing and came across some early Triscuit advertisements stating that the cracker was baked by electricity.
“In the early 1900’s, Triscuit was run out of Niagara Falls. And their big selling point? Being ‘baked by electricity,'” said Boggs. “They were ‘the only food on the market prepared by this 1903 process.’ Look at the lightning bolts! And that’s when it clicked– Elec-TRI-city Biscuit. TRISCUIT MEANS ‘ELECTRICITY BISCUIT.'”
(https://people.com/food/man-on-twitter-discovers-meaning-behind-triscuits-name/)
Confirmed by Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits/
Note the lightning bolts on the early package design above. :)
And now you know.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt