Pharmacist Caleb Bradham began experimenting with combinations of spices, juices and syrups, trying to create a refreshing new drink to serve to his customers. He invented the beverage now known as Pepsi-Cola.
On August 28, 1898, Bradham renamed his drink “Pepsi-Cola." He thought that his beverage was a “healthy” cola that aided in digestion (getting its roots from the word dyspepsia, meaning indigestion).
The Pepsi-Cola Company was formed in 1902 and on June 16, 1903 "Pepsi-Cola" became an official trademark. Pepsi-Cola was first offered in bottles in 1904.
In 1910 Pepsi-Cola had over 200 franchises in 24 states. Pepsi-Cola's first bottler convention was held in New Bern North Carolina.
Due to the high price and rationing of sugar during WW1, Pepsi-Cola fell on some hard times. Bradham's company could not produce enough of his product to keep up with the public's demand. This led to its downfall, and in 1923 Pepsi-Cola officially went bankrupt.
The company's assets were sold to the Craven Holding Corporation for $30,000.
Pepsi made a comeback and in 2012, it was ranked #41 on the Fortune 500 list.
If you want to read a lot more about Pepsi, go here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi
This isn't your ordinary rice pudding recipe. This is a recipe for Really Good Rice Pudding. It's just the right amount of creamy, and the flavor is incredible. This one can be made using basic pantry ingredients, so why not give it a try tonight?
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 cup uncooked medium white rice
- 2 cups milk, divided
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring water to a boil. Stir in rice, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, 15 to 20 minutes, or until water is absorbed.
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine 1-1/2 cups milk, the sugar, salt, and rice; mix well. Cook 10 to 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup milk and egg; cook 2 minutes more, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Place in serving bowl and refrigerate until chilled.
1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician
National Donut Day (also known as National Doughnut Day) on November 5th is one of two observed by donut lovers across the nation. The first Friday in June is the other day donuts steal the bakery case spotlight ready to tease their way into white bakery box and go home!
History disputes the origin of the donut. One theory suggests Dutch settlers brought donuts to North America much like they brought other traditional American desserts. They receive credit for such desserts as the apple pie, cream pie and cobbler.
Donut shapes are as varied as their history. Was the original donut round? If so, American Hanson Gregory laid claim to inventing the ring-shaped donut in 1847 while working onboard a lime-trading ship. Only 16 at the time, Gregory claims he punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship’s tin pepper box. Later, he taught the technique to his mother.
Traveling further back in time, we look at an English cookbook. According to anthropologist Paul R. Mullins, an 1803 volume included donuts in the appendix of American recipes. However, the earliest recorded usage of the term donut is found in a short story in a Boston Times article about “fire-cakes and dough-nuts” published in 1808.
A more commonly cited first written recording of the word is Washington Irving’s reference to donuts in 1809 in his History of New York. He described balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat. The author called them donuts. Today, these nuts of fried dough are called donut holes.
Another author, William Cullen Bryant describes donuts fried in lard in his book Picturesque America; Or, the Land We Live In which was published in 1872.
Donut versus Doughnut
- Print ads for cake and glazed donuts and doughnuts existed from at least 1896 in the United States.
- George W. Peck published Peck’s Bad Boy and his Pa in 1900. It contained the first known printed use of donut. In it, a character is quoted as saying, “Pa said he guessed he hadn’t got much appetite and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.”
- In 1919, the Square Donut Company of America was founded. Square donuts offer an easier-to-package product.
The more traditional spelling is doughnut. However, both doughnut and donut are pervasive in American English.
Donuts come in a large variety of recipes, flavors and toppings. However, just like many pastries, we are only limited by imagination and the ingredients at hand. From syrups and jellies to sprinkles and custards, top them, fill them, bake them or fry them. Donuts have a mouth-watering way of glazing and dusting their way into our shopping carts. They also slip into the break room at work to share.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Stop at your favorite donut shop and indulge in a fresh donut.
