Prego and the Farmers’ Almanac: “it’s in there.”

Prego’s saying is “It’s in there.” If you want fresh ingredients in your spaghetti sauce “It’s in there.” This is also true of the Farmers’ Almanac. A good friend John Hoyle had a potluck dinner last night with several friends. He says “Our topic was the FA. I talked about hush puppies and waffles (waffres). I was a hero!!!!!!!!!” What did John learn from the almanac?

Hush Puppies – While Florida hunters sat around their camp fish fries, their hunting dogs would whine for the good smelling food. The men tossed leftover corn patties to their dogs while calling out “Hush puppies!” Satisfied with their treat, the dogs hushed.

Waffles – waffles date back to the thirteenth century and were discovered quite by accident. A crusader wearing armor accidentally sat on his wife’s freshly baked oatcakes. The flattened cakes bore the imprint of the steel links in the armor, however, the crusader spread butter on the cakes and ate them anyway. His wife, delighted with the manner in which the butter stayed in the indented portions, insisted that her husband sit on the cakes weekly. This invention was first called waffres, meaning flat honey-comb like cakes. Waffres came to America when the Dutch brought their irons to America.

As you can see, there’s many kernels of knowledge found in the Farmers’ Almanac. Like John, you can be a hero at your next party because “It’s in there.”

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