Today In Useless Info: 'Oyster Crackers'

'Oyster crackers are small, salted, buttery crackers, typically hexagons about 0.59 in (15 mm) in diameter, although a slightly larger circular variety is also prevalent. They are popular in the northeastern USA, where they are served as an accompaniment to soup, and in the Cincinnati area, where they are frequently served with the city's distinctive chili.

In New England oyster crackers are served in oyster stew and chowders. Oyster crackers do not contain oysters. The origin of the name is unclear, but it may be that they were originally served with oyster stew or clam chowder or merely that their form (a vaguely round 'shell' that splits evenly into two parts) was suggestive of the shape of an oyster in its shell. According to the web site of the still-extant bakery discussed below, the crackers were so named because they were commonly served with oyster stew and other oyster dishes (at least on their early packages).

The oyster cracker was invented by Adam Exton, a baker in Trenton, New Jersey. He emigrated to America from Lancashire, England in 1842. [1] In Trenton, Exton opened a cake and cracker bakery with his brother-in-law, Richard Aspden in 1846. Although Aspden died the following year, Exton continued with the bakery (named the Exton Cracker Bakery or Adam Exton & Co.). He invented the oyster cracker along with a machine that rolled and docked pastry and solved the sanitary problems of hand-rolling crackers.

His oyster cracker was so popular that competitor bakeries "borrowed" his recipe and began producing them as well.

Westminster crackers still makes oyster crackers.

They are known for their tiny appearance. Also, they have a taste similar to saltine crackers.'

Wolve-Vert-Bean

Bent Objects

Bad 80's Chippendales Bakery

Kinda NSFW

From Scootersville!

So...

We all know that most salad dressings are full of fat and calories.

But if you think about it, veggies and such, are pretty low cal.

So say you eat a 3 lb. salad, with a tablespoon or two of dressing on the side, it kind of balances out, right?

Grody

Subway sandwich maker Richard Shannon stuffed lettuce up nose

Ick.

1170% ADV Cholesterol

Hee Hee

'David Brodbeck
3:13 PM on Mon Feb 23 2009

@Mooshie: If you go to your local Asian grocery and spend $0.60 per packet instead of $0.30, you can get ramen that comes with little flavor sachets and is really quite tasty. If you poach an egg in the microwave and lay it on top you can have a pretty good meal.

Applekid
3:55 PM on Mon Feb 23 2009

@David Brodbeck: Whoa whoa WHOA there, Mr. Rockefeller.'

Learn To Make Depression Era Recipes With 93-Year-Old Clara

I think I'm gonna hurl.

The McNuggetini

'A McDonald’s chocolate milkshake with vanilla vodka, rimmed with BBQ sauce and garnished with a chicken McNugget.'

This Is Why You're Fat

Grody.

Shady

All of those ads for Quarter Pounders finally got to me so I had to satiate the craving.

Whilst eating, I noticed on the receipt a charge for 44 cents listed as a 'Eat In' tax.

Whua?

Since when?

I can kind of see how it would maybe go for having to have staff keep the restaurant tidy, but that should be included in the price of food.

I wonder if they charge a drive-thru tax.

Neat Idea

Anti-theft Lunch Bags

Whua?

Egg rolls at Arby's?

Oh. Mah. Gah.

Beer Sausage [Literally]

jkottke

TMI

Ha.

'I dated a guy who when his kosher keeping parents went out of town, he'd fry a pound of bacon in their kitchen'

The Butterscotch Puppy: A Christmas Miracle!

Still Creepy

Appetite for seduction: BK’s new fragrance

Effects Of The Economic Downturn

Down economy means more business for some

KUSA - While business is down in some areas in Colorado, it is up in others.

'At liquor stores, consumers facing tough economic times are not passing up on all the good times. Alcohol sales are up 20 percent in Colorado over the past year, but there are fewer wine snobs in the aisles.

"Instead of a $25 bottle of wine, two bottles for $10 each," said Ron Vaughn with Argonaut Wine & Liquor.

It is the same with beer. Nationally, sales of some pricier brews are down, while brands like Keystone and Miller are seeing sales surge.

Grocery store shoppers are also buying more soup. Campbell sells a meal in a can for as little as 60 cents and the company's sales were up 12 percent last quarter.

On its Web site, Malt-O-Meal says it's having a hard time keeping up with demand. Its hot cereal costs less than other brands.

Cashiers are also ringing up more SPAM. Sales of the cheap canned ham are up by double digits and the company had to increase production.

It might be the cheap food or just the stress that comes with a bad economy, but for some reason laxatives sell well in recessions. This year, sales are up by 7 percent.

Discount stores like Wal-Mart and thrift stores are also performing well in this economy. So are bankruptcy lawyers.'

Funny

The fast-food giant is rolling out a new look for the Big Mac and other menu items -- with packages designed to remind customers that the chain's offerings are real food.

Damn.

Now I want a Big Mac.

Can Kosher Jews eat Chinese food?

At my local place they cook beef and pork in the same wok, so I would think not.

Also, are there such things as Kosher Chinese restaurants?

I think that would rule out Mongolian BBQ's as well.