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Will The Real Mr. Oreo Please Stand Up?

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A collaboration with Business Insider’s Brought To You By. In this three-part story, we tell the history of the Biscuit Wars of the early 1900s. Then, we learn of one woman’s relationship with Oreos as an expression of rebellion to her Jewish roots’ Kosher rules. Lastly, we also uncover the real story behind Mr. Oreo, the man who somehow got credit for inventing the current Oreo cream filling.  Read Marjorie Ingall's essay about the Oreo Stella Parks, BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts Read from Business Insider: How the Oreo cookie went from unknown knock-off to the world's most popular cookie, as a result of a sibling rivalry between baker brothers See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thanks to this season's presenting sponsor, Kohler. They design innovative

0:04.4

sinks and faucets for people who do their best work in the kitchen.

0:07.6

Hi proof listeners, Bridget Lancaster here and today we've got something a little different.

0:15.0

We've collaborated with Business Insiders Podcast brought to you by to bring you an episode

0:20.4

all about Oreos.

0:22.2

We hope you enjoy it.

0:25.0

Hey Bridget.

0:28.0

Hey Charlie, how are you?

0:30.0

I'm good. So you work in America's test kitchen right I sure do and I happen to know you love

0:35.9

Oreos but knowing this I wanted to share with you this Oreo personality test I found an An Oreo personality test.

0:44.0

Don't even know what that means.

0:46.0

So there's this retired professor at Virginia Commonwealth University

0:49.0

named Randall Sleeth, who created this, I think you could fairly say, it's a tongue-in-cheek Oreo test to personality,

0:55.0

and it has 10 different categories for the ways that you might eat an Oreo cookie,

1:00.0

like the whole thing at once or one bite at a time. I, for example, I'm number seven,

1:05.8

twisted apart, eating the inside and then tossing the cookie.

1:08.9

Okay, and it says, you are good at business and take risks that pay off, that's good, you take what you want

1:15.2

and throw away the rest. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feeling for others. You should

1:20.4

be ashamed of yourself, but that's okay you don't care you got yours

1:24.1

it sounds like you're an Oreo sociopath at this point wait a minute

1:28.0

Pritjid how do you eat an Oreo well you know I'm an expert I don't even bother with regular Oreos. I go straight for the double stuffs because I already want more than the regular cream filling. Right. Then I take the cookie, I open it up and I peel off that little fluffy white center.

1:47.0

I set one aside and I give those chocolate wafers to my husband who particularly loves them and I eat a double

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