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Oreo's
Dec 13, 2005 16:39:54 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 13, 2005 16:39:54 GMT -5
Are Oreo's a good preworkout food? Hope so!!!! LOL. I am not a sweet eater at all. I could take it or leave it. I dont like cakes, pastries, COOKIES, etc...., but for some reason I cant sop eating these little suckers..
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Oreo's
Dec 13, 2005 16:56:42 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 13, 2005 16:56:42 GMT -5
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 10:22:08 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 10:22:08 GMT -5
Thes have red filling..
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 13:53:01 GMT -5
Post by GerryT on Dec 14, 2005 13:53:01 GMT -5
The carbs should increase your energy.
The red ones are great. Also like the Halloween Oreos with the orange filling.
Understand there also red filled for Valentines, and green for St. Patty's. But have never seen them myself.
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 13:59:08 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 13:59:08 GMT -5
Ahhh, Yeah. Thats exactly why I eat them. ENERGY. I am going to have a couple right now along with some left over pizza
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 15:17:17 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 15:17:17 GMT -5
I sense a plot… i went to Nabisco's (oreo) website and found 11 varieties of Oreos… but none of them were red filling oreos! I think that you guys must admit that it's just a fantasy ;D
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 15:55:41 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 15:55:41 GMT -5
I'm telling ya. They exist. I will go eat some right now...
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 15:58:35 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 15:58:35 GMT -5
The History of the Oreo Cookie The Best Selling Cookie of the 20th Century Did You Know? Of people who eat Oreo cookies, 50 percent twist their cookie apart before eating it. From Other Guides • Oreo Pizza • Cookies 'n Cream Chess Bars • Oreo Cake • Homemade Oreo Cookies Elsewhere on the Web • Oreo Cookies Timeline of the Oreo Cookie • 1898 National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo) founded • 1912 Oreos introduced • 1974 Official name of cookie became OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies • 1975 DOUBLE STUF Oreos introduced • 1987 Fudge covered Oreos introduced • 1991 Halloween Oreos introduced • 1995 Christmas Oreos introduced • 1998 Oreos made kosher by Jennifer Rosenberg
When discussing the twentieth century, we often compare and contrast life from the year 1900 to the year 2000. We all realize that in the year 1900, people didn't have cars, couldn't fly in airplanes, and didn't have microwaves. Yet, there is another item that those in the year 1900 did not have and those in the year 2000 took for granted - Oreo cookies.
Most of us have grown up with Oreo cookies. There are photos of us with chocolaty remnants smeared across our faces. They've caused great disputes as to the best way to eat them - dunking them in milk or twisting off one side and eating the middle first. Besides eating them plain, there are recipes galore on how to use Oreos in cakes, milkshakes, and additional desserts. Oreos had become part of twentieth century culture.
Though most of us have spent a lifetime cherishing Oreo cookies, did you know that since their introduction in 1912, the Oreo cookie has become the best selling cookie in the U.S.?
Oreos Are Introduced
In 1898, several baking companies merged to form the National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo), the maker of Oreo cookies. By 1902, Nabisco created Barnum's Animal cookies and made them famous by selling them in a little box designed like a cage with a string attached (to hang on Christmas trees).
In 1912, Nabisco had a new idea for a cookie - two chocolate disks with a creme filling in between. The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks.
The shape and design of the Oreo cookie didn't change much until Nabisco began selling various versions of the cookie. In 1975, Nabisco released their DOUBLE STUF Oreos. Nabisco continued to create variations:
1987 Fudge covered Oreos introduced 1991 Halloween Oreos introduced 1995 Christmas Oreos introduced
The Mysterious Name
So how did the Oreo get its name? The people at Nabisco aren't quite sure. Some believe that the cookie's name was taken from the French word for gold, "or" (the main color on early Oreo packages). Others claim the name stemmed from the shape of a hill-shaped test version; thus naming the cookie in Greek for mountain, "oreo." Still others believe the name is a combination of taking the "re" from "cream" and placing it between the two "o"s in "chocolate" - making "o-re-o." And still others believe that the cookie was named Oreo because it was short and easy to pronounce.
No matter how it got named, over 362 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since it was first introduced in 1912, making it the best selling cookie of the 20th century.
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:11:12 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 16:11:12 GMT -5
Some proof of red stuffed Oreo's
Ho! Ho! Oreo!
Michael Amsler
Sure, the Oreo boasts a lively history, but is it really Santa's favorite cookie?
By David Templeton
'TWAS THE NIGHT before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring . . . except for that large red-cheeked intruder scarfing Oreos at the dining room table. Yes, that would be Santa Claus, the ultimate cookie fan, who, according to millions of Christmas-giddy parents, just wouldn't feel properly thanked--after sliding down the chimney and slipping toys beneath the tree--if the children of the house did not leave him some sugary baked bribe and a glass of milk.
Historians are uncertain as to the exact inception date and origin of this odd, socially sanctioned Cookies-for-Presents Program--or should we call it a "tradition"?--but it seems to have originated sometime around the late 1930s. And yes, in most households that follow this custom, the cookies are less of a bribe--by Christmas Eve it's really too late to change Santa's mind anyway, isn't it?--than a generous, blissful, heartfelt "Thank You," a thoughtful offering to a kindly fellow who works awfully hard on Christmas Eve and must surely need a snack somewhere along the way.
But when was it decided that Santa would prefer cookies and milk to, say, a tuna-fish sandwich and strong cup of coffee? And, for that matter, how can we know what kind of cookie Santa would prefer?
To put it more specifically, is Santa a chocolate-chip cookie man or does he go in for those tree-shaped festive sugar cookies? We may never know, but--and this may shock you--there is a body of evidence to support the conclusion that the one cookie that is left for Santa more than any other cookie . . . is the Oreo.
Yes, the Oreo. The bread-and-butter of Nabisco Foods Inc., that renowned little treat made of sweet creamy "filling" stuffed between two chocolate circles. Based on the sheer number of Oreos sold around the world, the folks at Nabisco can rightly claim that the Oreo is the most popular over-the-counter cookie in the world: over 363 billion of the things have been gobbled up since they hit the market in 1912--enough Oreos to reach to the moon and back five and a half times, enough to circumnavigate the globe 382 times!
And since the cupboards of America, statistically speaking, are more likely to hold a box of Oreos than any other cookie, it could be extrapolated that Santa finds a higher percentage of Oreos waiting on the table than any other brand.
"One would definitely think so," agrees Ann Smith, spokesperson for Nabisco Foods Inc., headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. "We can't officially claim to be Santa's favorite cookie, of course. But since we're America's favorite cookie, I'm sure Santa gets plenty of Oreos every year.
"If I ever get a chance to speak to Santa, I'll ask him," remarks Smith, adding, "I also want to ask him if he's a twister or a dunker."
Oh! Surely Santa is a dunker. Isn't he?
"Most males are," Smith replies. "Our research shows that women tend to be twisters, and men are dunkers. Men also tend to pop Oreos in their mouth whole, and guzzle milk to wash them down."
Hmmmm. Since Santa is always on the run, maybe he does that.
THE NOBLE OREO--as illustrious and recognizable a brand name as are Lifesavers and Spam--is consumed at the rate of 9.1 billion cookies per year. Like Spam, the origin of the Oreo's peculiar name has been the subject of endless speculation. (Spam, in fact, is a conflation of the words spice and ham). According to Nabisco historians, the Oreo was not named after the Greek word oreo, meaning "mountain." Nabisco's pride and joy was named by taking the "re" out of cream and squishing it, sandwich-style, between the two "o's" from the word chocolate.
The original Oreo has, over the last 87 years, produced a number of Oreo cousins, including a popular white fudge-covered Oreo and a bevy of holiday-themed Oreos, spanning the calendar from Christmas to Purim.
In fact, it was just in time for the Jewish holiday of Purim that Nabisco, two and a half years ago, introduced the spring Oreo, made with sky-blue filling, and carrying--for the first time in Nabisco history--a stamp on the package announcing that the contents were 100 percent kosher. Since then, all Oreos--and nearly all Nabisco products--have been certified kosher.
Which leads to the obvious question: What was it about Oreos that wasn't kosher?
According to Smith, the cookies were once made with lard. As in animal fat. But that's all changed. In fact, from an ingredient standpoint, Oreos haven't actually contained lard since the '70s. But since Oreos were still being produced on the same production lines, the product could not be considered kosher. Systematically, one by one, Nabisco disassembled the machinery, cleansing everything according to the requirements of the faith so it could receive a rabbi's blessing. The sky-blue color of the spring cookies was chosen to suggest, well, the spring.
As for why the Christmas Oreo carries red cream filling, Smith says it was a choice between red and green. "But in our marketing research, we discovered that a red cream-filled Oreo did not make the people think that the flavor was going to taste like cherry. But the green cream filling made people think it was going to taste like mint."
Besides, she adds, "Red is Santa's favorite color."
So does that suggest that Mr. Claus might prefer those red cookies to the original? Smith does not to presume to say.
"At our house, we leave the white fudge-covered Oreos," she confesses. "Mainly because those are my favorites."
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:30:03 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 16:30:03 GMT -5
Can a Mod pins this topic at the top? ;D PS: Who knows, i wouldn't be surprise if Nabisco finds this board and decide to become the official sponsor of WOTW after reading that! --------------- Baked OREO® Custard Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 1 hr 15 min Makes: 5 servings Ingredients: 12 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided 1 pt. (2 cups) half-and-half 5 egg yolks 1/3 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. salt 1/3 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping Preparation: PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Halve three of the cookies. Reserve five of the cookie halves for garnish. Coarsely chop remaining cookie half and four of the remaining cookies; set aside. COOK half-and-half in small saucepan on medium heat just until bubbles form around edge of pan. Meanwhile, beat egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and salt in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add hot half-and-half, beating well after each addition. PLACE five (6-oz.) custard cups in 13x9-inch baking pan. Pour custard mixture evenly into cups. Top each with 1 Tbsp. of the chopped cookies and one of the reserved whole cookies. Place pan on center oven rack. Pour enough hot water into baking pan to reach halfway up sides of cups. BAKE 50 to 55 min. or until knife inserted in centers comes out clean. Remove cups from water; cool on wire rack. Top with reserved cookie halves and the whipped topping just before serving. Store leftover desserts in refrigerator.
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:32:31 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 16:32:31 GMT -5
I cant believe i'm posting that ;D Banana OREO® Pudding Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 3 hr 20 min Makes: 12 servings, about 1/2 cup each Ingredients: 3 cups cold milk 2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O OREO Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling 20 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, coarsely chopped 2 bananas, sliced 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping Preparation: POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes. PLACE chopped cookies in bottom of 2-quart serving bowl. Add layers of half each of the banana slices and pudding. Repeat layers of banana slices and pudding. Cover with whipped topping. REFRIGERATE 3 hours or until ready to serve. Store leftover pudding in refrigerator.
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:34:12 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 16:34:12 GMT -5
YUM!!!. Mo. I have proof of the red ones. Coming soon.
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:40:14 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 16:40:14 GMT -5
YUM!!!. Mo. I have proof of the red ones. Coming soon. Too late... i believe you: OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - WINTER WITH RED CREME 18oz and looking at the label... you should stop eating them ;D Amount Per Serving Calories 140 Calories from Fat 60 % Daily Value* Total Fat 7g 11 % Saturated Fat 1.5g 7 % Sodium 120mg 5 % Total Carbohydrate 20g 7 % Dietary Fiber 1g 3 % Sugars 13g Protein 1g
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:48:45 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 16:48:45 GMT -5
But there are only two left...
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 16:54:27 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 16:54:27 GMT -5
But there are only two left... Ok ok... you deserve it, just eat them! ;D But are you serious... can you really taste a difference between the red ones and the white ones? Isn't it only colourant?
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Oreo's
Dec 14, 2005 22:04:59 GMT -5
Post by RUBICON19 on Dec 14, 2005 22:04:59 GMT -5
They taste like Christmas. They give me holiday cheer!!!
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Dec 14, 2005 22:12:51 GMT -5
Post by Intensity on Dec 14, 2005 22:12:51 GMT -5
They taste like Christmas. They give me holiday cheer!!! I couldn't have expected a more brillant answer ;D haha!
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