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The Bewildered Brit

http://thebewilderedbrit.blogspot.com

Retro America, Roadside Attractions. Take a tour through the weird side of America: strange places, bizarre things to see, odd events. And candy. Lots of nostalgic candy.

• Added on: Sep 30th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Richard Peevers
• Listed in: Travel Pop Culture
• Tags: funny weird america retro Candy roadside attractions

Recent Posts

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 11:24 in thanksgiving, thank you, mary janes

  Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers in the USA! And Happy November 26th to everyone else! I just wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to everyone who's stopped by and read The Bewildered Brit. I appreciate it more than you could know! T...

• Thanksgiving Green Bean Casserole: a classic recipe from 1955!

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 14:26 in holidays, new york, new jersey, christmas, thanksgiving, french's french fried onions, green bean bake, dorcas reilly, olney and carpenter, campbells cream of mushroom soup

  In 1955, the Campbell Soup Company of Camden New Jersey, published a recipe called "Green Bean Bake" just in time for Thanksgiving. It was an instant hit and became a staple of Holiday dinners across the USA. Today, Campbell's still publishes the r...

• French\'s French Fried Onions: Maine, Thanksgiving, Durkee and a Spice War!

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 11:19 in holidays, maine, thanksgiving, portland, onion rings, green bean casserole, french's french fried onions, durkee, olney and carpenter, campbells cream of mushroom soup, twitchell champlin company

  Although a part of many people's Thanksgiving dinner, people often overlook French's French Fried Onions. Instead, they think of the turkey, the candied yams or even the cranberry sauce. But French's French Fried Onions—the crispy topping of the cl...

• Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce: The world\'s only sliceable sauce!

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 13:28 in Massachusetts, new jersey, thanksgiving, 1959, cranberries, 1912, 1930, ocean spray jellied cranberry sauce, makepeace preserving co, marcus urann, enoch f. bills, aminotriazole

  It's Thanksgiving! One thing I'm thankful for is the constant stream of strange and brilliant ideas that come from the American mind! Take this one, for instance: who else would have invented a sauce that you can slice? The story of Ocean Spray Cra...

• Mary Jane: Peanut Butter, cartoons... and Paul Revere!?

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:34 in retro, mary jane, boston, Candy, peanut butter, sweets, taffy, chewing gum, north end, molasses, necco, mary janes

  It's late at night, April 18th 1775. The British army is advancing. Under instructions from Dr Joseph Warren, silversmith Paul Revere leaves his house and begins his famous midnight ride. Little did anyone realize that this same house would be the b...

• Goldenberg\'s Peanut Chews: Philadelphia\'s Finest

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 13:21 in romania, pennsylvania, philadelphia, snickers, east coast, marshmallow peeps, goldenberg's peanut chews, just born's peanut chews

  Philadelphia! What do you think of when someone mentions Philadelphia? The signing of the Declaration of Independence? The Phillies? The Oscar-winning 1993 movie with Tom Hanks? Or Goldenberg's Peanut Chews? These bite-sized pieces of chewy peanutt...

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