Underunderstood

Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

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Writer Sage Boggs thought he discovered why Triscuit is called Triscuit. But the cracker brand has a confusing and mysterious relationship with its own name.

A rough version of this story originally ran on our bonus podcast, Overunderstood. This updated version contains some new information and reporting.


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Show notes:

  • Sage’s viral tweet (Twitter)
  • John’s original tweet to Triscuit (Twitter)
  • Some old Triscuit advertisements (Twitter)
  • Triscuit’s response to Sage (Twitter)
  • Triscuit tweets about three ingredients (Twitter)
  • “Filamentous cracker” patent (PDF)
  • “Continuous heating and baking machine” patent
  • Snopes article on this matter (Snopes)
  • Charles Louis Richter questions the answer (Twitter)
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