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Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936. It was a competitor for Procter & Gamble 's Crisco , and through aggressive marketing through its mascot Aunt Jenny had reached 75 percent of Crisco's market share.
Edith Spencer as Aunt Jenny. Aunt Jenny was an advertising character created for Spry Vegetable Shortening.Primarily portrayed by Edith Spencer, Aunt Jenny was best known as host and narrator of the long-lived radio show, Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories (January 18, 1937 – November 16, 1956), [1] but she was also seen promoting the product in drawings, photographs and cookbooks.
Crisco is an American brand of shortening that is produced by B&G Foods.Introduced in June 1911 [1] by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil, originally cottonseed oil.
Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories was a 15-minute radio drama that aired January 18, 1937, to November 16, 1956, on CBS, sponsored by Spry shortening. [1] The program was heard weekdays at 11:45 a.m. until 1946, when it moved to 12:15 p.m.
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. The idea of shortening dates back to at least the 18th century, well before the invention of modern, shelf-stable vegetable shortening. [1] In the earlier centuries, lard was the primary ingredient used to shorten dough. [2]
Spry may refer to: Spry, Pennsylvania; Spry (surname), people with the surname Spry; Spry Vegetable Shortening; Spry, Inc., creator of Internet in a Box, one of the first commercial software packages for connecting to the Internet. Spry framework, an open-source Ajax framework for web development
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