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I read somewhere that the origin of the name 'triscuit' is because they were originally baked "with electricity" from turbines in/near Niagara Falls. They had

I read somewhere that the origin of the name 'triscuit' is because they were originally baked "with electricity" from turbines in/near Niagara Falls. They had a picture of some period promotional material with the "baked with electricity" line, but who knows, in this era of deepfakes it easily could have been just a photoshop job done for fun amidst pandemic boredom. Snopes [0], which is for the most part what passes for fact these days, says it's legit. [0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuit...

cestith 7y ago
https://twitter.com/sageboggs/status/1242968530250870786 https://twitter.com/sageboggs/status/1242968530250870786 is a Twitter timeline thread of an investigation into this. https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit/status/1243177402492162049?s=20 https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit/status/12431774024921620... is Nabisco's response through the brand account. https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit currently says "elecTRIcity biSCUIT…but you can just call us Triscuit #ifykyk High voltage sign" in the bio field. Other theories have been that the original recipe has only three ingredients, but Nabisco quashed that, and that it's named for triticum since it's a wheat snack.