MMMMMMMM, Chocolate chip cookies. You know, the gooey chocolate chips in the sugary dough, yeah, those. You have come to know them well, or so you think. What’s the story behind the chocolate chip cookies that first appeared in 1930? Who made this delicious recipe that we all know and love? The answer behind it is a young woman who went by the name of Ruth Wakefield. How did Mrs. Wakefield make this recipe? Let’s start from the beginning. Born on 17, 1903, she never had dreamed that she would one day make considerably the most famous cookie ever. Ruth went to college at Framingham University, and graduated in 1924. After that she got a job giving lectures on health, somewhat ironic, considering she made the chocolate chip cookie. She married Kenneth Wakefield, and …show more content…
She went into the kitchen and made her batter, she looked for her cocoa powder only to find it was all out. She didn’t want to waste the dough so she looked for something to make her cookies chocolatey. All she could find was a chocolate bar, so she broke it up and added walnuts. The outcome of her cookies was not what she had hoped, and instead of her chocolate fudge cookie came out the cookie we all know and love, the chocolate chip cookie After the word spread, Ruth’s cookies became famous. She became very well known and very wealthy. Soon, the Nestle chocolate company struck a deal with Ruth. Ruth would get a lifetime supply of chocolate chips, if her recipe could be featured on the back of their chocolate chip bags. She graciously accepted and her face, along with her recipe, was featured. Ruth had kids, Kenneth Donald Wakefield, Jr; and Mary Jane Wakefield. Jane would cook with Ruth, while Kenneth would often worked with his father fixing up the hotel. The hotel required fixing up for it frequently had leaked. Though the hotel was damaged, it’s fame was still going strong as ever due to Ruth’s
Would you like chocolate chip cookies or Snickerdoodles? A point by point comparison and contrast blends the similarities and differences equivalent to the snickerdoodle. The block distinctly shows the similarities and then the differences similar to the chocolate chip cookie. Whichever method a writer chooses to use, the results conclude in the same outcome: comparing and contrasting.
Sr., son of the founder of the Mars Company Frank C. Mars, invented the idea for the candy in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell of tempered chocolate surround the inside, preventing the candies from melting.” “Production began in 1941 in a factory located in Newark, Nj where M&M’s chocolate were sold to the public packaged in cardboard tubes” (Bellis). On the other hand, Skittles started off from a family who experimented in making candy.”Frank C Mars and his wife Ethel started the Mars Company back in 1911. Well, before this time, Frank was making candy with his mom as a young boy. Later, he and his wife Ethel began producing candy in their own kitchen.” “Skittles were first sold in Europe starting around 1874. In 1979, Skittles first started to be imported for sale in the United States” (Milton). Already differing in location, M&M’s originated in the United States and Skittles originated in Europe. When M&M’s were first made from an idea that the soldiers to use to have chocolate without being melted. Shortly after M&M’s were invented they became a hit and appealed to an extensive amount of people. When Skittles were first invented it was somewhat passed through Frank’s family since he had been making the candy with his mother since he was a boy and carried it on to he and his wife. The candy then grew popular and
He went to buy coffee and he saw cookies there, so he bought a couple cookies and had them with his coffee. He then realized that they were addictive. She explains that the companies that make them they know just enough of
Ruth’s parents were, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth they owned and run a bar and their house was on the second floor, they had eight children, which Ruth was the oldest, but only him and a sister named Mary survived past infancy since they were poor they couldn’t afford
George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 to parents George Sr. and Kate in Baltimore. George Jr. was one of the Ruth’s two surviving children. Babe’s parents In did not watch after him well. Babe was left to take care of his younger sister often. The neighborhood they lived in was part of the roughest places in Baltimore. During Ruth’s childhood, Ruth was found drinking, chewing tobacco, and wandering docks. When Ruth was old enough to go to school, he refused to go. He got caught by truant officers and brought home. At age seven, Ruth’s parents knew
Earlier that year Ruth found love again, during the first game of the Yankees season Ruth promised to hit a homerun in her honor. Sure enough he hit a homerun in her honor in the first inning and dipped his hat to her as he was rounding the base. Claire Merritt Ruth was the wife that Ruth hit a homerun in honor of and was born September 11, 1897 Athens and died on October 25, 1976, New York City, or NY. One of Ruth’s daughters was Dorothy Ruth who was born on June 7, 1921 in New York City because Ruth was still playing with the Yankees at that time. Ruth’s other daughter Julia Ruth Stevens is his first daughter and was born on July 7, 1916 and is still alive today at 99 years
“ Mommy’s house was orchestrated chaos and as the eighth of twelve children, I was lost in the sauce, so to speak. I was neither the prettiest, nor the youngest, nor the brightest.” pg 65 Ruth’s family was made of lots of different people. In their family your brother or sister was your best friend and enemie. Also, While the house had lots of rules it was in constant chaos “ Her time merited only full-blown problems like, ‘Is the kitchen floor still under two feet of water since y’all flooded it?’” pg 69
In the mornings, Ruth would go into Landers' Coffee Shop in Boston, and it is here that he met Helen Woodford, a seventeen-year-old waitress. They married on October 17, 1914 in Ellicott City, Maryland.
On a cold winter day, there is no better pastime for a mother and her children than baking a batch of delicious chocolate chip cookies from scratch. The act of baking not only occupies those suffering from boredom but also allows a mother to hand down traditions from her childhood. There are several steps to follow to achieve the perfect chocolate chip cookie.
Chocolate chip cookies are a truly remarkable treat. In the cookie-baking process, little balls of wet dough are transformed into a crispy, brown and delicious treat. Baking the perfect batch of cookies is not easy. Morphing cookies from dough to deliciousness is a difficult process that takes a lot of time and preparation. Don’t be embarrassed if you have ever baked a terrible batch of cookies that wasn’t quite what you were expecting. Making a perfect batch is a task that takes some practice; your cookies could have turned out too flat, too burnt, or maybe too thick. It is hard to bake that perfect chocolate chip cookie that crunches vaguely here and there, oozing a chocolaty goodness, with a spot-on combination of salty, buttery and
In order to market a product, we must first understand customer needs and wants. Consumer insight is the information gathered about a target population in order to better align market strategies with consumer needs. The goal is to better understand the customer in the Pillsbury Cookie Case, Guillen focused on his cookie customers.
In 1902, the Ruth’s sent their son away to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, which was both a reformatory and an orphanage. Ruth developed a love for sports, particularly baseball, which served as his escape from the strict environment at St Mary’s. From an early age he showed potential as an athlete, and in his late
Making scrumptious chocolate chip cookies can easily be accomplished in these three steps: gathering the necessary supplies, mixing the ingredients together, and baking them to perfection. First, you will need to gather all of the supplies to make the cookies such as the ingredients, baking sheets, mixing bowl, and spoons. It is always a good idea to preheat the oven after doing this. The second step is to mix your ingredients together. It is important to mix your ingredients in a particular order as to keep lumps from forming in your dough. You should always mix in your chocolate chips in last. The third and final step is transforming the dough into delicious cookies by baking them. Start by spooning the cookie dough onto an ungreased
With the help of my boyfriend and little sister we made some not so spooky super adorable extra chocolaty crumble cookies. I am not positive but I may have made up the term crumble cookies. Either way they are they are simple to make and tasty.
You might find it surprising that fortune cookies were invented in California. Two businesses stake claim to being the inventors. One is the Bekyodo Bakery in San Francisco and the other David Jung’s Hong Kong Noodle Company in Los Angeles. When it came to a ruling San Francisco got the thumbs up but you know that Los Angeles protested. Whatever the truth actually is the fortune cookie was invented in the Golden State. The fortune cookie first appeared in every Chinese restaurant in the states after WW II.