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Not one, but two giants in the history of junk food have gone to their final reward:
Pamela Low, the food chemist who developed the sugar coating for Capn' Crunch cereal, passed away last Friday. According to the Boston Globe obit, she based the formula on a brown sugar syrup her grandmother used to pour over rice to serve as a dessert treat. Millions of American dentists owe their fortunes to this woman as several generations of children destroyed their teeth with the sweet crunchy goodness.
Meanwhile, on the salty side of the snack street, MSNBC reports that the inventor of CheezWhiz has died. But even though he deserves recognition for that invention, his legend only grows from there, as he also went on to develop the McDonalds french fry. This man, my friend, has had more impact on American culture than almost any other single individual of the last half-century.
(I think it's only fitting that he died of a heart attack, don't you? I'd hate to think he choked on a celery stick or something)
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