2012-02-29

100 Years Of Oreo

The Oreo cookie is 100 years old.

Oreo is epic. Oreo is legend. Oreo is...

"...So how did the Oreo get its name? The people at Nabisco aren't quite sure. Some believe that the cookie's name was taken from the French word for gold, "or" (the main color on early Oreo packages). Others claim the name stemmed from the shape of a hill-shaped test version; thus naming the cookie in Greek for mountain, "oreo." Still others believe the name is a combination of taking the "re" from "cream" and placing it between the two "o"s in "chocolate" - making "o-re-o." And still others believe that the cookie was named Oreo because it was short and easy to pronounce.
No matter how it got named, over 362 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since it was first introduced in 1912, making it the best selling cookie of the 20th century."

I tell you what. Nothing goes down like an Oreo. Even the design is unique.

Now I have crumbs all over my keyboard.

2 comments:

  1. All stolen from Sunshine's Hydrox, the original (and superior) chocolate sandwich cookie.

    Frankly, any praise for Oreo makes me angry, especially since the beloved Hydrox is no more.

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  2. THAT, I did not know! Thanks.

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