It claims to be the most powerful cookie in the world. 491 million sold so far...
Note: the evolution of the Oreo embossing: 1912, 1924 and today
Hmm. For a cookie that's all about comfort and milk and coziness... it's being a bit suspicious. For instance...
Who invented it?
No one knows. Apparently a William Turnier. But Nabisco can't confirm he ever worked for the company.
What does the design mean?
It could be just an innocent symbol--this circle topped with a two-bar cross with the word "OREO" inside--merely "an early European symbol for quality" as Nabisco claim--or it it a Cross of Lorraine, as carried by the Knights Templar into the crusades? Or is that dot with four triangles poking out not a four-leaf clover at all but... the cross pattee--also associated with the Knights Templar, as well as the German military and today's Freemasons. Aha! It's DaVinci Code Cookie!
Meanwhile in England... we have Custard Creams and Rich Tea and Morning Coffee biscuits. But they are just quietly going about their business and not nearly as suspicious and besides no one seems to notice them: not the lovely ferns on the Custard Cream (unchanged since their debut in 1910) nor the Art Deco cup on the Morning Coffee biscuits.
Which means either they just have Proper British Reserve or possibly are just much more effective spy biscuits than those show off Oreos.
Either way all this talk of biscuits and cookies must mean one thing: time to put the kettle on for a nice cup of tea...
via The Atlantic
