Most of us probably assume Philadelphia Cream Chesse started out in Philly. It didn’t. Philadelphia cream cheese started in New York - they called it Philadelphia because that city was associated with high-quality food products. Here are a few more interesting food facts from Reader’s Digest:
• Gatorade does not contain alligator – but it was a kidney specialist from the University of Florida who helped develop it for the football team, along with the Florida Gators’ coach.
• The product name SPAM was chosen for the canned meat from a contest. There is no official explanation for its meaning – but most SPAM fans assume it’s just short for spiced ham.
• There’s only one good name for a hand-thrown flying disc – Frisbee. The Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut gets credit for that one. The empty tins were perfect for some lunch hour parking lot play. The first plastic version was called the Pluto Platter Flying Saucer. Wham-O bought the rights and stamped Frisbee on it instead.
• Marshmallows started out as medicine. In the 1800s, juice from the roots of the marsh-mallow plant were extracted and cooked with egg whites and sugar. It was whipped up and given to children to soothe sore throats.
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