Happy Fig Newton Day - January 16

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-- Happy Fig Newton Day - January 16

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jan-16-2008 20:50:

Happy Fig Newton Day - January 16

The Fig Newton is a brand of fig bar, a soft, cake-like pastry filled with fig jam.

The Fig Newton was created in 1891 by Charles M. Roser of the Kennedy Biscuit Company, a Massachusetts-based bakery. The company named many of their products after surrounding communities. The Fig Newton was named after nearby Newton, Massachusetts. It was first called simply the Newton, but in 1898 the name was changed to Fig Newton.

Posted by Yohan on Jan-16-2008 20:53:

ugh. it's too dry.

after I eat one, I have to down an entire glass of milk

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-16-2008 21:02:

I hope you're hungry!

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-16-2008 22:23:

Re: Happy Fig Newton Day - January 16

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker

The Fig Newton is a brand of fig bar, a soft, cake-like pastry filled with fig jam.

The Fig Newton was created in 1891 by Charles M. Roser of the Kennedy Biscuit Company, a Massachusetts-based bakery. The company named many of their products after surrounding communities. The Fig Newton was named after nearby Newton, Massachusetts. It was first called simply the Newton, but in 1898 the name was changed to Fig Newton.

Yes guy, buying some after work now!

You instantly made me crave them when I saw that package image!

Gonna save them for when I'm watching tennis later tonight! Perfect.

Posted by shanny on Jan-17-2008 03:36:

Fig Newton's actually won invention of the year back in 1946.

Posted by Yohan on Jan-17-2008 03:41:

quote:
Originally posted by shanny
Fig Newton's actually won invention of the year back in 1946.

I suppose all the Yankee ingenuity went into the atom bomb the previous year and this was the best they could come up with?

Posted by shanny on Jan-17-2008 03:46:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
I suppose all the Yankee ingenuity went into the atom bomb the previous year and this was the best they could come up with?

Just goes to show you what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket.
Prestigious awards like "invention of the year" get passed over.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-17-2008 04:26:

^^ lol!

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-20-2008 15:53:

you know what? -- i went out and bought some that night...

on the package it said "great new taste" or something. . .

and when i popped the first one in my mouth I was reasonably DISGUSTED with this new "taste"

its a far, far cry from the original taste i know and still love.

Sadly, this was a huge disappointment for me.

Gone for me are the days of delicious fig newtons. Alas. . .