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Why It’s Called A Triscuit

Posted in: Podcast Season 6 Posted on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023
https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode-player/2694/triscuit-electricity-biscuit.mp3

Writer Sage Boggs thought he discovered why Triscuit is called Triscuit. But the cracker brand has a confusing and mysterious relationship with its own name.


Show Notes

  • Sage’s viral tweet (Twitter)
  • John’s original tweet to Triscuit (Twitter)
  • Some old Triscuit advertisements (Twitter)
  • Triscuit’s response to Sage (Twitter)
  • Triscuit tweets about three ingredients (Twitter)
  • “Filamentous cracker” patent (PDF)
  • “Continuous heating and baking machine” patent
  • Snopes article on this matter (Snopes)
  • Charles Louis Richter questions the answer (Twitter)
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