Biscuit in the USA at that time is what we call saltine crackers now. They were sold in barrels. That's where the words Cracker Barrel from. They were prone to spoilage and contamination by maggots and rodents. That's also where the term scraping the bottom of the barrel from and it's associated with something that is not good because by the time they get to the bottom of the cracker barrel, the crackers down there were not good to eat.
It was not easy to ship crackers in barrels from the east coast to other parts of the country and expect the product to stay fresh before it gets to the customer. National Biscuit Company invented and patented the inner seal. A cardboard box lined with a inner seal of wax paper and then vacuum packed to protect the crackers from spoilage.
It changed the way food was packed and sold and made it possible to stay fresh and reach consumers far away.
In 1910 the Dutch came to the USA and brought a word with them: Cookie.
At the time in the USA cookies were called Sweet Breads. Sweet Breads and Cakes were out of reach of regular people. It was a food only wealthy households and kings and queens had. National Biscuit Company wanted a Sweet Bread product that was easy to produce and affordable to the regular people:
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