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Did You Know That The Oreo Is 100 Years Old This Month?
POLL: How do you like to eat your Oreos? Dunked in milk, straight out of the box, crumbled in a milkshake or dismantled and eaten half by half?
It may be hard to fathom, but the Oreo cookie turned 100 years old on March 6. That's older than the San Diego Zoo, and Prohibition.
And whether you're a kid or an adult, at some point in your life you have had an Oreo cookie. If you haven't, well, I feel for you. You have no idea what you have been missing.
The chocolate-flavored sandwich-like cookie with a creamy mid-section was created in a National Biscuit Co. bakery in Manhattan in 1912. It was first sold to a grocer by the name of S.C. Thuesen in Hoboken, N.J. Today, Oreos can be bought in more than 100 countries and bring in $1.5 billion in global annual revenues.
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More than 95 million cookies are sold each day, according to the company that now makes them, Kraft Foods. According to a recent report on ABC News, "over the years, the Oreo has had at least five design changes and the National Biscuit Co.'s name change to Nabisco and then eventual takeover by Kraft Foods."
Growing up in the Midwest we also had Hydrox, which my parents swear blew away the Oreo. I'm not sure about that, that could be a debate for another time.
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As a kid, I was awarded with a handful of Oreos after I did a good deed, completed my homework or brought home a decent report card. Or, maybe my mother just wanted to keep me quiet and used the chocolate cookies as a bribe.
Nevertheless, my favorite way to eat an Oreo is by yes—dunking it into a cold glass of milk. I like to hold it inside the glass and let the bottom of the cookie slightly touch the milk, watching as it slowly disintegrates. Just as it is about to fall apart, I quickly pluck it from the glass and let the rest melt in my mouth. I swear, I did this once when I was a kid, and before I knew it, I had downed at least 30 cookies. I paid for it later on.
So as this favorite little cookie celebrates its 100th birthday, I'm curious to know how you prefer eating your Oreos? Take our poll below, then go grab a box. You can visit the "official Oreo" web site by clicking here. You can also watch a great YouTube video here about the cookie's big celebration.
