Betty Crocker isn't real. But that doesn't mean she didn't get her own radio show in 1924 (the first ever cooking program) and tell women, "“If you load a man’s stomach with boiled cabbage and greasy fried potatoes, can you wonder that he wants to start a fight, or go out and commit a crime?” Some things never change, even back then the boiled cabbage men ate compelled them to wreck havoc on society. Ever since then, Betty's been getting makeovers to keep her relevant. Which Betty is your favorite?
If you really want to get to know the real Betty, you can read Finding Betty Crocker Check out other food origins, like where Heinz's "57" varieties comes from, over at neatorama.
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there ain't nothin like the real thing....of course, in 1958 BC was the real thing.
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