March 6, 1912: The Oreo Cookie was introduced

[Sherman A1]

The "Oreo Biscuit" was first developed and produced by the National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) in 1912[2][3] at its Chelsea factory in New York City, which was located on Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets.[4] Today, this same block of Ninth Avenue is known as "Oreo Way."[4] The name Oreo was first trademarked on March 14, 1912.[5] It was launched as an imitation of the Hydrox cookie manufactured by Sunshine company, introduced in 1908.[6]

The original design of the cookie featured a wreath around the edge of the cookie and the name "OREO" in the center.[7] In the United States, they were sold for 25 cents a pound in novelty cans with clear glass tops.

The Oreo Biscuit was renamed in 1921, to "Oreo Sandwich."[8] A new design for the cookie was introduced in 1924.[7] A lemon-filled variety was available briefly during the 1920s, but was discontinued.[7]

In 1948, the Oreo Sandwich was renamed the "Oreo Creme Sandwich"; it was changed in 1974 to the Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookie.[8] The modern-day Oreo design was developed in 1952 by William A. Turnier,[9] to include the Nabisco logo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo_cookie

[Tobin S.]

1. What? There is no cause for today?

March 6th is available for an awareness campaign?

I hereby declare March 6th "National Donate to Tobin S. Day." I'll have my Paypal account set up here in a few minutes.

[Sherman A1]

2. Question...

Can one send Oreo Cookies to a paypal account?????

[Tobin S.]

3. I'll provide a P.O. Box for other donations.

[CBGLuthier]

4. That Cookie was invented in 1908 by Hydrox

Ripped off in 1912 by Oreo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrox

[Sherman A1]

5. Which is clearly stated in the article

The "Oreo Biscuit" was first developed and produced by the National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) in 1912[2][3] at its Chelsea factory in New York City, which was located on Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets.[4] Today, this same block of Ninth Avenue is known as "Oreo Way."[4] The name Oreo was first trademarked on March 14, 1912.[5] It was launched as an imitation of the Hydrox cookie manufactured by Sunshine company, introduced in 1908.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo_cookie

[talkingmime]

6. I always wondered where "Nabisco" came from. And you can still get vanilla Oreo cookies.

I've had similar cookies with lemon filling, but not from Nabisco.

[jmowreader]

9. The best short history of Nabisco is in "Barbarians at the Gate"

[talkingmime]

10. Well THAT sounds attractive!

[jmowreader]

11. It does...

Barbarians at the Gate is the story of the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout.

It is also the story of everything that went wrong with the economy during the Reagan Era.

[talkingmime]

13. Well, that at least explains the title.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I remember as a kid liking Hydrox cookies.

They were the only cookie my Mom bought, for school lunches, back in the 50's.

Ingredients were different then, not so many fake foods. I remember them as pretty tasty.

[Loryn]

8. Happy Birthday Oreo!

[mucifer]

12. When I was a kid the oreo center was lard. Later they changed it to vegetable oil.

My mom wouldn't buy them for us when we were kids because it wasn't kosher.