{"id":2694,"date":"2023-03-08T07:28:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underunderstood.com\/podcast\/?post_type=episode&#038;p=2694"},"modified":"2023-03-08T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T12:29:06","slug":"triscuit-electricity-biscuit","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/underunderstood.com\/podcast\/episode\/triscuit-electricity-biscuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why It&#8217;s Called A Triscuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<h3 class=\"episode-descrip wp-block-heading\">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.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sageboggs\/status\/1242968530250870786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sage&#8217;s viral tweet<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johlag\/status\/754506527495643136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John&#8217;s original tweet to Triscuit<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sageboggs\/status\/1242968548949004288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some old Triscuit advertisements<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealTriscuit\/status\/1243177402492162049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Triscuit&#8217;s response to Sage<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealTriscuit\/status\/628559785470873600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Triscuit tweets about three ingredients<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patentimages.storage.googleapis.com\/83\/b9\/0d\/950e11b2c4347f\/US713795.pdf\">&#8220;Filamentous cracker&#8221; patent<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US681655A\/en?q=(electricity)&amp;inventor=Henry+D+Perky&amp;oq=inventor:(Henry+D+Perky)+electricity)\">&#8220;Continuous heating and baking machine&#8221; patent<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/triscuits-electric-biscuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snopes article on this matter<\/a>&nbsp;(Snopes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richterscale\/status\/1243234639076036611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles Louis Richter questions the answer<\/a>&nbsp;(Twitter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<span style='display:inline;'><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea983c2f61e6078544103' value='69ea983c2f61e6078544103'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea983c2f61e6078544103' value='Transcript'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea983c2f61e6078544103' value='Transcript'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69ea983c2f61e6078544103' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:inherit;\" href='#'>Transcript<\/a><span id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea983c2f61e6078544103' ><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Transcript coming soon!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer Sage Boggs thought he discovered why Triscuit is called Triscuit. 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