grocerylists.org » history

Retro cereal boxes from General Mills

Bill Keaggy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:43:00 +0000

Wow. Makes me feel like I’m gonna be late for school!

General Mills is putting several classic cereal box designs back on shelves in stores like Target.

Cool. I wish Detroit would do this with cars.

The Food Timeline

Bill Keaggy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:16:00 +0000

We’ve been busy here, but look for the return of the GLC giveaway in the next week!

In the meantime, have a look at this really interesting Food Timeline:

Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip…and why? Welcome to the Food Timeline!

Food history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts. Some people will tell you it’s impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods we eat are not invented; they evolve.

Examining the Urge to Pig Out in Bad Times as Well as Good

Bill Keaggy — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:06:00 +0000

“When George Neville was installed as Archbishop of York in 1465, the occasion called for a festive meal. The grocery list survives, so we know that the lucky guests consumed, among many other things, 1,000 sheep, 7,000 capons, 1,000 egrets, 400 peacocks and 103 cold venison pasties. In all, 42,833 items of meat and poultry were served, with a dozen porpoises and seals thrown in to prevent palate fatigue. Presumably, a good time was had by all.”

Supermarket tills ring changes over years

Bill Keaggy — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:30:00 +0000

BBC NEWS: “I am old enough to remember the coming of the first supermarket to the small Lincolnshire town where I lived in the east of England in the late 1950s.”

Roman shopping list deciphered

Bill Keaggy — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 01:16:00 +0000

“UK researchers have deciphered a Roman soldier’s shopping list using the latest virtual technology. The discovery is part of a project by Oxford University researchers to identify the markings on hundreds of Roman letters, contracts and other documents found in the 1970s by excavators at Hadrian’s wall — the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.The documents were originally written in wax on wooden tablets but after 2000 years, the wax has degraded and all that remains of many of the scripts are faint scratches in the pieces of wood.”