Cookie count: More than 35 billion Oreos were sold around the world in 2011. If every one of those cookies was dunked in a 4-ounce glass of milk, it would take more than 1,650 competition-size swimming pools to hold all of the milk.
First Sale: The first Oreo cookie was baked in the National Biscuit Company's Manhattan Bakery. The cookies were sold in Hoboken, N.J., where Oreo was originally packaged in bulk tins and sold by weight.
Design: The Oreo cookie design has undergone at least five changes since 1912, but the contemporary four-leaf clover design has not changed much since 1953. The design consists of 12 flowers, 12 dots and 12 dashes per side.
Each Oreo cookie contains 90 ridges. Baking: The cookies are made at 21 bakeries around the world. From mixing to baking to packing, it takes exactly 59 minutes to make an Oreo. Each wafer is baked for exactly 290.6 seconds at 400 degrees from above and 300 degrees from below.
What's in a Name?
While there is no definitive answer on where the name Oreo comes from, here are some of the best guesses: » From or, the French word for gold, which was the main color on early Oreo packages. » A combination of the re from creme between the two os in chocolate o-re-o. » From the Greek word oreo, meaning hill or mountain. Initial Oreo creations were shaped like a baseball mound. Source: Kraft Foods
DO THEY TWIST
Market research shows: 84 percent of men eat the cookies intact
41 percent of women pull them apart
50 percent of all Oreo cookie eaters pull them apart
They get dunked. They get twisted. They get dropped into dozens of recipes created just for them.
The Oreo turned 100 on Tuesday, giving fans of the crunchy, frosting-filled cookie a chance to reflect.
Why do they like the darn things so much?
You'll find Oreos in more than 100 countries. You can buy them next door in Canada. But apparently they're also big in China and Indonesia.
You're thinking: They'll never turn up in France, a country known for a sensitive palate. Wrong. Just got them.
On Facebook, Oreo has drawn more than 25 million fans. They're like a cookie Kardashian.
Global annual revenue? $1.5 billion. That's B, as in bucket loads.
Melissa Cole of Omaha has a theory about that popularity.
It's about contrasts, a cookie yin and yang. You've got the crunchy chocolate cookie outside. You've got a soft creamy vanilla inside.
Sounds simple enough.
Maybe it's the same reason people like sweet and sour pork, or a little salt on the edge of a margarita glass.
Contrast. Cole knows that when she has a bag of the cookies at home, look out.
"They don't last long,'' said Cole, a student in the Institute for the Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.
Cole likes Oreos best straight up. Just the cookie and a glass of whole milk. Skim is for wimps.
But the Internet is filled with all kinds of Oreo recipes.
You've got Oreo Cookie Salad, a little dish that includes 21 Double Stuf Oreos, two boxes of vanilla pudding and 16 ounces of frozen whipped topping.
Not recommended if you're trying to get swimsuit-ready.
Don't forget about Oreo Cookie Freak Out. Toss in a dozen Oreos, 16 ounces of fudge topping and, of course, frozen whipped topping.
Frozen whipped topping seems to be a common thread in a lot of Oreo recipes, but that's a whole other story.
You also can make other cookies out of an Oreo, like some kind of baking genetics.
We're talking things like Oreo Cookie Balls. We're talking Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, basically an Oreo baked inside a chocolate chip cookie.
Oddly, neither recipe calls for whipped topping.
In maybe one of the strongest testaments to the cookie, brides will even order Oreo cake for a tier of their wedding cake.
Forget the keg of Bud for the reception. Bring on the milk.
-- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 08:45:01 AM
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The Krink said
11:56 AM, 03/07/12
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11:59 AM, 03/07/12
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1:47 PM, 03/07/12
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Goat Rider said
2:13 PM, 03/07/12
her we go agan again
Cy Valley said
3:06 PM, 03/07/12
Will he be back for a link for our post-high school education?
Cy Valley said
5:20 PM, 03/07/12
Uke, I'm wondering, were you enjoying a few Oreos while posting this morning. Only in celebration and all, with a big glass of whole milk, tu!
Uke said
5:29 PM, 03/07/12
Cup o' coffee. Only. Bowl of cereal (Meuslix) and a cut-up banana soon. With 2% milk. Whole milk... Gives me gas!
Goat Rider said
6:02 PM, 03/07/12
adamahsdo wrote:
You can get one of the biggest benefits of high school diploma that you ten times more likely a job offered are, if you have an accredited high school diploma online, most employers will not examine the application, even if you cant honestly say that you have reached your accredited high school diploma. When you have done your diploma so that candidate can be appointed on that position. Another advantage of an accredited high school diploma online holder, will be able to get his job done, A final advantage, a high school diploma, it is that you can more qualified to work for.
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Cy Valley said
6:02 PM, 03/07/12
But Uke, the 1 main point is that there's no one there to offend. Well, no one you've told us about, anyway.
Goat Rider said
6:08 PM, 03/07/12
Cy Valley wrote:
Will he be back for a link for our post-high school education?
well since gas is going up, and stal is 4 bucks by May % buts by Augist and just because I wanted it
Snippy said
6:27 PM, 03/07/12
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Pipes FC said
6:33 PM, 03/07/12
Its rare that you see a spammer that actually has a useful product. I just hope Goat doesn't pass up this opportunity.
Assman said
6:35 PM, 03/07/12
Goat Rider wrote:
Cy Valley wrote:
Will he be back for a link for our post-high school education?
well since gas is going up, and stal is 4 bucks by May % buts by Augist and just because I wanted it
KILEY CRUSE/THE WORLD-HERALD
Published Wednesday March 7, 2012
The Oreo Cookie turns 100
By Michael O'Connor
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
More cookie or creme?
29% creme 71% cookie
Cookie count: More than 35 billion Oreos were sold around the world in 2011. If every one of those cookies was dunked in a 4-ounce glass of milk, it would take more than 1,650 competition-size swimming pools to hold all of the milk.
First Sale: The first Oreo cookie was baked in the National Biscuit Company's Manhattan Bakery. The cookies were sold in Hoboken, N.J., where Oreo was originally packaged in bulk tins and sold by weight.
Design: The Oreo cookie design has undergone at least five changes since 1912, but the contemporary four-leaf clover design has not changed much since 1953. The design consists of 12 flowers, 12 dots and 12 dashes per side.
Each Oreo cookie contains 90 ridges.
Baking: The cookies are made at 21 bakeries around the world. From mixing to baking to packing, it takes exactly 59 minutes to make an Oreo. Each wafer is baked for exactly 290.6 seconds at 400 degrees from above and 300 degrees from below.
What's in a Name?
While there is no definitive answer on where the name Oreo comes from, here are some of the best guesses:
» From or, the French word for gold, which was the main color on early Oreo packages.
» A combination of the re from creme between the two os in chocolate o-re-o.
» From the Greek word oreo, meaning hill or mountain. Initial Oreo creations were shaped like a baseball mound.
Source: Kraft Foods
DO THEY TWIST
Market research shows:
84
percent of men eat the cookies intact
41
percent of women pull them apart
50
percent of all Oreo cookie eaters pull them apart
They get dunked. They get twisted. They get dropped into dozens of recipes created just for them.
The Oreo turned 100 on Tuesday, giving fans of the crunchy, frosting-filled cookie a chance to reflect.
Why do they like the darn things so much?
You'll find Oreos in more than 100 countries. You can buy them next door in Canada. But apparently they're also big in China and Indonesia.
You're thinking: They'll never turn up in France, a country known for a sensitive palate. Wrong. Just got them.
On Facebook, Oreo has drawn more than 25 million fans. They're like a cookie Kardashian.
Global annual revenue? $1.5 billion. That's B, as in bucket loads.
Melissa Cole of Omaha has a theory about that popularity.
It's about contrasts, a cookie yin and yang. You've got the crunchy chocolate cookie outside. You've got a soft creamy vanilla inside.
Sounds simple enough.
Maybe it's the same reason people like sweet and sour pork, or a little salt on the edge of a margarita glass.
Contrast. Cole knows that when she has a bag of the cookies at home, look out.
"They don't last long,'' said Cole, a student in the Institute for the Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.
Cole likes Oreos best straight up. Just the cookie and a glass of whole milk. Skim is for wimps.
But the Internet is filled with all kinds of Oreo recipes.
You've got Oreo Cookie Salad, a little dish that includes 21 Double Stuf Oreos, two boxes of vanilla pudding and 16 ounces of frozen whipped topping.
Not recommended if you're trying to get swimsuit-ready.
Don't forget about Oreo Cookie Freak Out. Toss in a dozen Oreos, 16 ounces of fudge topping and, of course, frozen whipped topping.
Frozen whipped topping seems to be a common thread in a lot of Oreo recipes, but that's a whole other story.
You also can make other cookies out of an Oreo, like some kind of baking genetics.
We're talking things like Oreo Cookie Balls. We're talking Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, basically an Oreo baked inside a chocolate chip cookie.
Oddly, neither recipe calls for whipped topping.
In maybe one of the strongest testaments to the cookie, brides will even order Oreo cake for a tier of their wedding cake.
Forget the keg of Bud for the reception. Bring on the milk.
-- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 08:45:01 AM
You can get one of the biggest benefits of high school diploma that you ten times more likely a job
offered are, if you have an accredited high school diploma online, most employers will not examine the application, even if you cant honestly say that you have reached your accredited high school diploma. When you have done your diploma so that candidate can be appointed on that position. Another advantage of an accredited high school diploma online holder, will be able to get his job done, A final advantage, a high school diploma, it is that you can more qualified to work for.
There will be attempts to disrupt, Don't worry, our cadre of qualified and seasoned SMODS will handle it, quietly and behind-the-scenes.
her we go agan again
People want to know and thats what the net is great for, freedom of fluid information travel.
well since gas is going up, and stal is 4 bucks by May % buts by Augist and just because I wanted it