Have you ever considered the items that are crammed into your kitchen cupboards and cabinets? Behind every box of cereal, every utensil, and every sauce a story waits to be told. Test your knowledge of common kitchen items with these 28 true tales of culinary origins.
By Janet Spencer, Trivia Queen of the Universe
Royal Ruler of Useless Information
Master of Arcane Knowledge & Extraneous Lore
Keeper of Forgotten Facts & Startling Statistics
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Copyright 2009 Janet Spencer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Goddess of Grain
Fried Flakes
Perfect Porridge
Boiled Squashed Wheat
Innovative Oats
Great Grape Juice
A Barbarian Plant
Canned Grease
A Milk Merger
A Wild Apple
An Old Lady’s Orchard
A Chinaman’s Cherries
Pineapple Paradise
An Australian Nut
A Precious Plant
An Essential Mineral
The Salt Seller
A Spicy Sauce
A Fermented Flavor
A Signature Sauce
Tomato Paste from Tomato Waste
Sandwich Sauce
Rough and Raw
A Musical Group and a Miracle Mixer
Carl’s Food Chopper
A Threaded Neck
Plastic Product Parties
Soapy Steel
Goddess of Grain
In Greek mythology, Demeter was the goddess of grain and fertility. Her name came from the words meaning ‘earth mother’. She nourished young things, the green earth, the changing seasons, and the cycle of life and death. The Romans later adopted the goddess, changing her name to Ceres. Her Roman name probably came from the root word ker meaning ‘to grow’ which also gives us ‘create’ and ‘increase’. She was typically depicted holding a basket of flowers or fruit and wearing a garland of grain. Ceres had many minor gods acting as her assistants, with each one presiding over a different aspect of agriculture: one to turn fallow land, one to prepare the fields, one to plow the furrows, one to sow, one who weeded, one who thinned, one who harvested, one who carted, one who stored, and one who
