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Food Timeline> Real people or brand names?
Many of the foods we enjoy today are named for people. Some of these folks are real (usually a company's founder or one of his family members); others are clever marketing inventions. Which is which?

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Ann Page
Aunt Jemima
Baby Ruth
Ben & Jerry
Betty Crocker
Cap'n Crunch
Celeste
Charlie the Tuna
Chef Boyardee
Clarence Birdseye
Clark
Colonel Sanders
Count Chocula
Cracker Jack
Dairy Queen
Dinty Moore
Dr. Pepper
Doublemint Twins
Duncan Hines
Elsie the Cow
Ethel M
Famous Amos
Fannie Farmer
Francesco Rinaldi
General Tso
Gerber Baby
Granny Smith
Green Giant
Howard Johnson
Hungry Jack
J.M. Smucker
Jane Parker
Jiffy Pop
Jimmy Dean
Joe Booker
Joe Frogger
Johnny Appleseed
Juan Valdez
King Kullen
Libby
Little Caesar
Little Debbie
Lorna Doone
Louis Kemp
Marie Callender
Marky Mapo
Mary Jane
McDonalds
Mike & Ike
Miss Chiquita
Mr. Coffee
Mr. Peanut
Mr. Salty
Mrs. Butterworth
Mrs. Cubbison
Mrs. Dash
Mrs. Fields
Mrs. Paul
Mrs. Smith
Monterey Jack
Morton's salt girl
Nathan
Orange Julius
Orville Redenbacher
Pam
Potato Pete
Punchy
Ronzoni
Rosarita
Russell Stover
Sally Lunn
Sara Lee
Slim Jim
Smoothie King
Swiss Miss
Sylvia
Tootsie

CLUE: If the name has the letter "R" inside a circle, that indicates it is a registered US Trademark. This usually (but not always) means the brand name is ficticious.

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© Lynne Olver 1999
7 August 2011