Sometimes we forget that all the products in a supermarket are actually invented by someone. They all don't just "come about" in some way. Take cereal. There are many brands and styles, but a lot of the cereal is actually the same. The difference might be in the shape of the cereal or the mascot on the box or something you add to the cereal.
But Cap 'n Crunch has a distinct taste, and the inventor of that taste, Pamela Low, passed away last week.
The recipe actually came from a treat that Low's grandmother made when she was a kid. It was rice covered in a brown sugar and butter sauce, and Low and her siblings would eat it on Sundays. After she graduated from the University of NH with a degree in microbiology, she went to work as a flavorist with Arthur D. Little, and when they needed a new cereal, she used her recipe for the rice/sauce mix. She also worked on the flavors for Mounds and Almond Joy candy bars.
Low died of a lung ailment in New Hampshire last Friday.
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6-09-2007 @ 4:05PM
Tina said...
I love Cap'n Crunch. Does anyone remember a cereal called King Vitamin, maybe I just imagined it???
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6-09-2007 @ 5:48PM
Kelsey said...
You did not imagine King Vitaman. Do you remember Sir Laffitup pouring milk on the King in the commercials? King Vitaman is still available in some grocery stores and online.
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6-09-2007 @ 7:30PM
Crabby McSlacker said...
I could never abide by Cap'n Crunch. Even as a sugar-lovin' tot. But I still have a serious fondness for Lucky Charms. They're magically delicious!
(Yet again, Crabby leaves her ugly URL behind in a pathetic attempt to get visitors to her grouchy health blog. She's at: http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/).
(Does anyone know how to just hyperlink one's username so as to not leave URL's in here? Sorry to leave all these links behind).
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