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The longest Christmas cracker pulling chain consisted of 1081 people and was achieved by The Harrodian School in London on 10 December 2015. [ 17 ] On 17 August 2020, while filming a Christmas episode of the television series QI , British comedian Alan Davies set a Guinness World Record for the most crackers pulled by an individual in 30 seconds.
The exact history and origin of the term is debated. [7] According to one theory, it is an agent noun derived from the verb crack, meaning "to boast". [8] The use of cracker to mean "braggart" dates back to the 16th century and can be seen for example in William Shakespeare's King John (c. 1595): "What cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?"
The term cracker was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts and blowhards. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack, meaning "entertaining conversation" (which survives as a verb, as in "to crack a joke"); the noun in the Gaelicized spelling craic also retains currency in Ireland and to some extent in Scotland and Northern England, in a sense of 'fun' or ...
These festive treats may remind you of a day at the circus as a child, but the story of how they came to be goes all way back to England in the late 1800s. The animal-shaped cookies soon made ...
The concept harkens back to the American soda shops of the 1950s, where in many states, due to Jim Crow laws, Black people were banned from entry. Mick poured a house-made sugarcane tonic over rum ...
In American English, the name "cracker" usually refers to savory or salty flat biscuits, whereas the term "cookie" is used for sweet items.Crackers are also generally made differently: crackers are made by layering dough, while cookies, besides the addition of sugar, usually use a chemical leavening agent, may contain eggs, and in other ways are made more like a cake. [5]
The Story Behind Nutcrackers. Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century.
The origin of the term "oyster cracker" is unclear, but it may be that they were originally served with oyster stew or clam chowder or possibly that they look somewhat like an oyster in its shell. [1] Other names include "water cracker," "Philadelphia cracker," and "Trenton cracker". [2]