Knowledge in a Nutshell on Popular Products: Heinz Edition With International Recipes - Softcover

Reichblum, Charles; Dryer, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966099117 ISBN 13: 9780966099119

Publisher: Arpr Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Knowledge in a Nutshell on Popular Products Heinz Edition looks inside one of the world's most famous companies and tells the amazing story of its founder and development along with the many surprising food facts about Charlie the Tuna, Morris the 9-Lives Cat, how vinegar can help you with household chores and what honeybees and pickles have in common.

Find out Why Henry Heinz chose "57 Varieties" for its slogan when they had more than 57 at the time...What popular food product was used as a medicine by Hippocrates in 400 B.C...How Henry Heinz literally "sank" his competition...You put ketchup on hot dogs-but why are they called hot dogs...Why accountants are called "bean counters."

Over 500 amazing, astounding, fun facts-things you never knew about popular products. Another in the Knowledge in a Nutshell(tm) series of books that is a treasure chest for trivia buffs.

This book also includes internationally recipes with conversion charts.

About this title

About the Author

Charles Reichblum is president of Century Features, a news service that syndicates fascinating facts and anecdotes to advertisers in newspapers around the world. Some advertisers have been running the features week-in and week-out for over 38 years. His fascination with facts and the odd twists began in the 1940s when he was a "gofer" at a radio station. Later he worked as news and sports director as well as a play-by-play announcer on radio stations in Pittsburgh and Upstate New York.

The Knowledge in a Nutshell series grew out of his collection of the unique, odd, and fascinating information he has been collecting for his clients and his friends over the years.

From the Inside Flap

CRACK OPEN KNOWLEDGE IN A NUTSHELL ON POPULAR PRODUCTS HEINZ EDITION -AND FIND OUT ABOUT: * Why ketchup is called "ketchup"... * Why Heinz chose "57 Varieties" for its slogan when they had more than 57 at the time... * What popular food product was used as a medicine by Hippocrates in 400 B.C.... * How Henry Heinz literally "sank" his competition...* You put ketchup on hot dogs-but why do we call them hot dogs...* What are the two most popular products in grocery stores...

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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How hot dogs got their name

Hot dogs were invented at a baseball game in New York in the early 1900s. It was a cool day, and the concessionaire, Harry Stevens, wasn't selling much cold food-which was all they had at games in those days. Harry went shopping for something warm he could sell. Stevens bought sausage at a neighborhood butcher shop, but the problem was: how could fans at the game hold the sausages? Stevens added buns-and the hot dog was born, but it didn't have its name yet. A well-known sports cartoonist, Tad Dorgan, was at the game. He drew a picture for the next day's newspaper showing a dachshund in a bun. The shape of the sausage reminded him of a dachshund, but for the title of the cartoon, he had trouble spelling "dachshund." So he settled for "Hot Dog"-and the name was coined.

Here's why we call accountants 'bean counters'

You often hear the expression "bean counters" applied to accountants, and the funny thing is the origin of that name came from accountants actually counting real beans. Canned beans are very popular in England, and Heinz's U.K. division was running a special promotion on its beans. To determine what their inventory was, the company sent out a group of their accountants to literally count the number of cans of beans in various stores. When the accountants got back to the main office, other employees in the company started referring to them as "bean counters"-and the name stuck, and spread.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arpr Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966099117
• ISBN 13: 9780966099119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224