From this week's Parade Magazine. By Kathleen Fifield.
1. PILGRIM'S BREW-- Quite often, early colonists would knock back a pint of beer or hard cider which was safer to drink than water.
2. DUTCH GO DOUGHNUTS-- Netherlands immigrants to the New World introduced oliebollen (oil balls). They later became ring-shaped, partly to solve the soggy-middle problem.
3. 1902's RADICAL FLAKES-- Dr. John H. Kellogg, and his brother Will, baked up the first batch of corn flakes at their sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.
4. 1906 PRESIDENTIAL WHOPPER-- Big President William Howard Taft, all 350 pounds of him, on a visit to Savannah, Georgia, had shrimp with hominy, potted partridge, broiled venison, waffles with maple syrup, hot rolls and a grapefruit.
5. 1940s ORANGE JUCE GOES TO WAR-- OJ was a seasonal treat until World War II, when the Florida Citrus Commission was ordered to find a way to ship the juice overseas to prevent scurvy among the troops.
They came up with a frozen concentrate which was created in a vacuum. Thus, it became year-round.
Love Those Omelets. --Cooter
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