Chuck

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah?

With your parents' help. Yeah. Pre-packaged cake mix was a very big deal when it came out in the 1930s. But it was a company named P. Duff & Sons, and they said, we've got a problem here. We've got too much molasses on our hands. And this is kind of how a lot of great things have been invented. They had too much of something. They said, well, what can we use this for?

With your parents' help. Yeah. Pre-packaged cake mix was a very big deal when it came out in the 1930s. But it was a company named P. Duff & Sons, and they said, we've got a problem here. We've got too much molasses on our hands. And this is kind of how a lot of great things have been invented. They had too much of something. They said, well, what can we use this for?

With your parents' help. Yeah. Pre-packaged cake mix was a very big deal when it came out in the 1930s. But it was a company named P. Duff & Sons, and they said, we've got a problem here. We've got too much molasses on our hands. And this is kind of how a lot of great things have been invented. They had too much of something. They said, well, what can we use this for?

So they got to work, and they said, Mr. John Duff, the owner – I said, you know what, throw a little wheat flour in there with this molasses, a little shortening, some spices. We got a gingerbread mix that we can sell to the public. All you got to do is add water, dum-dum, and you can bake yourself some gingerbread cookies.

So they got to work, and they said, Mr. John Duff, the owner – I said, you know what, throw a little wheat flour in there with this molasses, a little shortening, some spices. We got a gingerbread mix that we can sell to the public. All you got to do is add water, dum-dum, and you can bake yourself some gingerbread cookies.

So they got to work, and they said, Mr. John Duff, the owner – I said, you know what, throw a little wheat flour in there with this molasses, a little shortening, some spices. We got a gingerbread mix that we can sell to the public. All you got to do is add water, dum-dum, and you can bake yourself some gingerbread cookies.

Yeah. I mean, pre-made cake mixes did get way more popular after World War II, but it wasn't because there was so much flour.

Yeah. I mean, pre-made cake mixes did get way more popular after World War II, but it wasn't because there was so much flour.

Yeah. I mean, pre-made cake mixes did get way more popular after World War II, but it wasn't because there was so much flour.

Talk about a patriarchal brainwashing.

Talk about a patriarchal brainwashing.

Talk about a patriarchal brainwashing.

Right? Not true. No? Yeah, that is a total urban myth. Most of these pre-made mixes for years had said to add your own eggs because it just was better to add fresh eggs. Yeah. It tastes better and perform better. So I don't know how that got started. Yeah.

Right? Not true. No? Yeah, that is a total urban myth. Most of these pre-made mixes for years had said to add your own eggs because it just was better to add fresh eggs. Yeah. It tastes better and perform better. So I don't know how that got started. Yeah.

Right? Not true. No? Yeah, that is a total urban myth. Most of these pre-made mixes for years had said to add your own eggs because it just was better to add fresh eggs. Yeah. It tastes better and perform better. So I don't know how that got started. Yeah.

Yeah. Champion cake decorator. Is that right? Not literal champion. Like, she never won a contest. Yeah, because it is out there. But, yeah, I mean, as far as the home cake baker goes, like, she couldn't go on one of these shows. Shows now where they make, like, giant submarines and stuff out of fondant.

Yeah. Champion cake decorator. Is that right? Not literal champion. Like, she never won a contest. Yeah, because it is out there. But, yeah, I mean, as far as the home cake baker goes, like, she couldn't go on one of these shows. Shows now where they make, like, giant submarines and stuff out of fondant.

Yeah. Champion cake decorator. Is that right? Not literal champion. Like, she never won a contest. Yeah, because it is out there. But, yeah, I mean, as far as the home cake baker goes, like, she couldn't go on one of these shows. Shows now where they make, like, giant submarines and stuff out of fondant.