OREO COOKIES -
THERE ARE MANY CORRECT WAYS TO EAT AN OREO COOKIE.
IT REALLY SEEMS TO BE A MATTER OF TASTE (PLEASE PARDON THE LOUSY PUN!)
SOME PEOPLE JAM THE WHOLE COOKIE INTO THEIR MOUTHS AT ONCE.
SOME NIBBLE ON THE COOKIE SLOWLY SO IT DOESN'T BREAK AND DROP CRUMBS.
OTHERS DUNK THE COOKIES IN MILK, THEN TAKE A BITE (LIKE ME!!!)
MANY SEPARATE THE COOKIE, LICK OFF THE CREAM, AND THEN EAT THE COOKIE (THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLED "TWISTERS").
I'VE HEARD OF ONE WOMAN WHO EATS ONLY THE CREAM, THEN GIVES THE REST OF THE COOKIE TO EITHER THE DOG OR HER HUSBAND.
IN 1912, CONSUMERS WANTED AN ENGLISH-STYLE BISCUIT (COOKIES ARE CALLED "BISCUITS" IN ENGLAND) AND THE OREO COOKIE WAS PRODUCED TO MEET THIS DEMAND.
FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, CUSTOMERS HAD THEIR CHOICE OF EITHER VANILLA OR LEMON CREAM.
NOW ONLY VANILLA CREAM IS AVAILABLE.
AN OREO COOKIE IS 29% CREAM AND 71% COOKIE.
WHO COINED THE WORD "OREO" IS UNKNOWN; IN FACT, THE NAME IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
ONE THEORY IS THAT THE LETTERS "RE" WERE TAKEN OUT OF "CREAM" AND PLACED BETWEEN TWO LETTER "O'S", WHICH REPRESENT THE TWO PARTS OF THE COOKIE.
SOME THINK THE NAME CAME FROM THE FRENCH WORD "OR" MEANING "GOLD".
OTHERS THINK IT CAME FROM THE GREEK WORD "OREO', WHICH MEANS "HILL" OR "MOUNTAIN".
THE OREO COOKIE IS THE MOST POPULAR COOKIE IN THE UNITED STATES- OVER 9 BILLION ARE EATEN EVERY YEAR.
(THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE IS SECOND AT 7 BILLION A YEAR.)
OF THE PEOPLE WHO DUNK THEIR OREO COOKIES, 82% DUNK THEM IN MILK AND 2% DUNK THEM IN PEANUT BUTTER.
IT TAKES 90 MINUTES TO MAKE A SINGLE OREO COOKIE AND EACH COOKIE HAS 90 RIDGES.
EACH YEAR THERE IS AN OREO STACKING CONTEST HELD AT 15,000 SUPERMARKETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
CONTESTANTS COMPETE IN TWO AGE GROUPS (7 AND UNDER AND 8 TO 12) TO SEE HOW MANY COOKIES THEY CAN STACK IN 30 SECONDS.
THE NATIONAL STACKING FINALS ARE HELD IN UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IN FLORIDA.
IF ALL THE CREAM FILLING USED TO PRODUCE A ONE-YEAR SUPPLY OF OREO COOKIES WERE USED TO DECORATE WEDDING CAKES, THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DECORATE ALL THE WEDDING CAKES MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OVER 40% OF CONSUMERS DUNK OREOS ALL THE TIME (THIS INCLUDES ME!!!)
IF EVERYONE DUNKED EVERY OREO COOKIE THEY ATE, COWS WOULD HAVE TO PRODUCE OVER 42 MILLION EXTRA GALLONS OF MILK JUST TO SATISFY THE ADDITIONAL DUNKERS.
