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hlthe2b

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14. Yes, I kept reading it as Pearl MINING Company at first.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 08:27 PM

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"Aunt Jemima" is now "Pearl Milling Company" (ummm, what?) [View all] hlthe2b Feb 2021 OP

Oh yah, that's gonna roll of the tongue for remembering a kennedy Feb 2021 #1

I scrolled down to read the replies, and have already forgotten the Politicub Feb 2021 #3

Yes, marketing fail. Sounds industrial. Does not invoke pancakes. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #5

That was my initial thought as well. Chainfire Feb 2021 #11

Yes, I kept reading it as Pearl MINING Company at first. hlthe2b Feb 2021 #14

Well, I already do. I like old historical names in general, and this one Hortensis Feb 2021 #35

It's a nod to the 19th-century company that created the original pancake mix. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #2

According to some historical accounts, the company didn't create the Blue_true Feb 2021 #19

Not a very tasty sounding name regardless. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #23

Yes, not the most inspired name. Blue_true Feb 2021 #25

No doubt the name change was in order. I'm just wondering if this "forgetabble" name won't be hlthe2b Feb 2021 #34

It's nice that they changed the label, but the horrid stuff inside the bottle is the same. Dem2theMax Feb 2021 #4

Wow, they even changed the pancake/syrup/pat of butter. Dagstead Bumwood Feb 2021 #6

I'm OK With It! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #7

Good. BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #8

The new emblem is fugly. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #9

I still call it KAF. I resent that they now have tishaLA Feb 2021 #30

I just call it "King Arthur" BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #31

Why not "Lillian Richard's?" PSPS Feb 2021 #10

Gee, that might actually right a wrong or two. Jirel Feb 2021 #15

Because she wasn't the only one xmas74 Feb 2021 #17

No. BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #32

I like cane syrup. Chainfire Feb 2021 #12

We've got a cane grinder and syrup vat here on the farm csziggy Feb 2021 #18

When I was a really young child, my dad would go to a syrup shack. Blue_true Feb 2021 #24

Yes, I remember going to Alabama in the early 1960s csziggy Feb 2021 #26

You are lucky to have direct access to that old country store. Blue_true Feb 2021 #28

This one is a National Register of Historic Places site csziggy Feb 2021 #33

Their spicy head cheese is great. Even better than their sausage. GulfCoast66 Feb 2021 #37

I am very familiar with Bradley's Chainfire Feb 2021 #40

You can have all of mine, then Retrograde Feb 2021 #29

Since they were changing the name seems like they could've found a better one Raine Feb 2021 #13

Thanks for the heads up ecstatic Feb 2021 #16

So is Pearl Milling a person or is it the Pearl MILLING Company? JDC Feb 2021 #20

Per their press statement: hlthe2b Feb 2021 #21

Thanks. I shoulda clicked into it. Appreciate this JDC Feb 2021 #22

Minnie Pearl Pancake Mix. Got it. FSogol Feb 2021 #39

Still the same sugar syrup. Go type 2! nt JanMichael Feb 2021 #27

If you're going to consume all that sugar, just go for the real thing: pure maple syrup. Vinca Feb 2021 #36

I never put syrup on pancakes, just a little butter Klaralven Feb 2021 #38