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| 10 JAN 2003 at 9:51pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | No, but that is an Irish name. Anything to do with St. Pat's Day and maybe his children and creating something for them to eat.
He liked making very, very small irish emblems out of marshmallows after a long night at the pub?
Haven't a clue :-/
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| 10 JAN 2003 at 10:38pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Sorry Gayle.....it had nothing to do with St. Patricks day. But it does have to do with his favorite candy.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 12:36am |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Okay, I think there is or was a Charm sucker? Marshmallows?
Does it have to do with either of those two and his irish heritage?
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 3:48am |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | No my dear.......
Well, since you are the only one interested in this, I could tell you now if you want........?
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 4:45pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Yes, I would like to know. Then the next time at the store and wandering down the cereal aisle, and someone is deciding on a cereal I could throw out the information.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 6:14pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | I get the feeling that this isn't the answer you're looking for - but this is all I know.
In a brain storming session he was inspired by the combination of Cheerio's and candy circus peanuts, creating the first marshmallow cereal. He later became the Vice President of General Mills, and was killed along with his wife in a tragic car accident in April of 2000.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 6:21pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | LOL.......thats a good idea Gayle......
Here's the story......
John Holahan, a product developer for General Mills, was brainstorming while in a supermarket aisle one day in 1963, when he noticed a bag of orange marshmallow circus peanuts, and one of his favorite candy.
He took the bag to the lab, cut the candy up & sprinkled some over a bowl of Cheerios. His first taste confirmed his suspicion--they were just right.
It took work & good fortune--to create the tiny, delicately shaped marshmallow bits, but in 1964, the company introduced what would become one of its leading cereal brands.....Lucky Charms!
Interesting, huh? I found this article in my Reminisce magazine.
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 6:23pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | So I wasn't too far off - Very little information is available on this guy...
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 7:22pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Inland......how did you know that??
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| 11 JAN 2003 at 7:41pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | I didn't - I had to go look it up... Knowing trivia is one thing, learning it is another - but, both are fun.
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