Polenta

The purpose of this blog is to tell of polenta and its many wonders. Actually, I've no intention of doing anything of the kind. Instead, I have half a mind to write about Victory. What would be more interesting, however, is a discussion of the Curtiss Candy Company, and the Baby Ruth Candy Bar. Maybe you've heard it explained before that the Baby Ruth candy bar isn't named after Babe Ruth (which seems the obvious explanation for the name) but was instead named after Ruth Cleveland, the daughter of President Grover Cleveland who was born between his two terms as president. But apparently, this was all just a lie made up by the Curtiss Candy Company when they first made the Baby Ruth so that they couldn't be sued. This is all explained here. What is also fascinating is the merger history of Nabisco.