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The Sweet Side of Thanksgiving for Native Americans
With Thanksgiving drawing near, what with the pies and baked goods that litter the table, it’s only natural to wonder...
Blueberry Sugar: A Burst and Bubble of Sweet
If you consider fruit a provider of the first sugars in North America, then you must admire the thirteen-thousand-year-old blueberry....
The Wild and Not-So-Wicked Halloween Candies of the 1920s
The 20s were a wild time – women got to vote in the first year of the decade and lost...
Where Have All the Halloween Marshmallows Gone?
Where Have All the Halloween Marshmallows Gone? Today, when you look at kids’ Halloween Bags you see individual serving size...
Halloween Candy: A Different Kind of Sweet
Halloween Candy: A Different Kind of Sweet Halloween candy entered the American food scene in the late 1800s, the hey-day...
Sweets Under Siege: Revolutionary War
Here's a picture of my handsome husband over there in Afghanistan. The USO gives a little levity to folks like...
The First Pop and Blam of Bubblegum!
When you think of bubblegum, I'll bet 10,000 gum balls the Fleer brothers don't enter your mind. But the Fleer...
How the Chewing Gum Saved Baby Food and Possibly Ham
A new chewing gum story - a fun favorite: How the Chewing Gum Saved Baby Food and Possibly Ham
The Quick Clean Story of Dentyne
This familiar gum was invented by pharmacist. Franklin V.Canning in New York in 1899. The name stood for “Dental Hygiene”...
The Story of the Peppermint Pattie (via the ice cream cone plus Junior Mints and a quick peek at the John Birch Society)
Traveling through Pennsylvania in March I've been traveling around the country, north and south, on my endless search for historic...
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