Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2019 Before I ask Uncle Google, I am going to guess aboot 10 years ago. On the coffee can now: Front: Since 1932 under a picture of the You Nork City skyline On the side: 1920s We sold nuts 1930s We sold nuts and coffee Now - We don't sell nuts. We just sell coffee But we like our name. 100% coffee. Chock Full O Nuts No mention whatsoever of chicory, dangit! Before I google that, I thought chicory was Witloof endive, presumably lettuce-like, like curly endive or Belgian endive. How did they ever get that into coffee? I thought the porpoise was like hamburger helper, to extend the 'spensive coffee with something cheaper. Now to ask Uncle Google. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted February 17, 2019 OK, this is interesting. It seems to be almost ungooglable, ie a google whacker - very little info! Smells like a cover-up to me! The closest on a quick inspection is that Cafe Du Monde puts roasted chicory root in to cut the bitterness, but Chock Full O nuts is silent on the whole thing. Shirley I did not dream this whole thing up! A search of their website for chicory: No Results. Please try a different search term or filter combination. Well, shit! I can't find ANYTHING on it except for a few vague questions on the Interwebs from people like me. This is odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Before I ask Uncle Google, I am going to guess aboot 10 years ago. On the coffee can now: Front: Since 1932 under a picture of the You Nork City skyline On the side: 1920s We sold nuts 1930s We sold nuts and coffee Now - We don't sell nuts. We just sell coffee But we like our name. 100% coffee. Chock Full O Nuts No mention whatsoever of chicory, dangit! Before I google that, I thought chicory was Witloof endive, presumably lettuce-like, like curly endive or Belgian endive. How did they ever get that into coffee? I thought the porpoise was like hamburger helper, to extend the 'spensive coffee with something cheaper. Now to ask Uncle Google. I loves me some chock full of nuts. Been awhile and I should buy some. Not all stores carry it though. Speaking of chicory. This is some good beer. But Dogfish doesn't bottle it anymore ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted February 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: I loves me some chock full of nuts. Been awhile and I should buy some. Not all stores carry it though. Speaking of chicory. This is some good beer. But Dogfish doesn't bottle it anymore ? I haven;t seen Raison d'etre lately either - I wonder if they still brew that? Nope! Gone! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 17, 2019 Share #5 Posted February 17, 2019 I'm thinking disclosure was not a priority back then. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/112378953178267397/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 17, 2019 Share #6 Posted February 17, 2019 Did you ask the Smithsonian? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted February 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, donkpow said: Did you ask the Smithsonian? Zip, zilch, nada! I guess I am batshit crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted February 17, 2019 Share #8 Posted February 17, 2019 Chock Full 'O Nuts is a blend of 2 different coffees. I used to know what they were, and have made really good coffee by buying gourmet quality and blending them myself. Anyone know what the two strains are? I've forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 17, 2019 Share #9 Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Zip, zilch, nada! I guess I am batshit crazy. To summarize, if the coffee was mixed with chicory at some point in the past, the practice no longer continues. Chicory was added to coffee during "The Depression" in order to keep costs down. Labels of the day were not required to list all the ingredients contained. For all we know, they could have mixed jsharr's no bean chili ingredients with the coffee. Then the coffee would have been called "Chock Full o' Bullshit". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted February 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, donkpow said: To summarize, if the coffee was mixed with chicory at some point in the past, the practice no longer continues. Chicory was added to coffee during "The Depression" in order to keep costs down. Labels of the day were not required to list all the ingredients contained. For all we know, they could have mixed jsharr's no bean chili ingredients with the coffee. Then the coffee would have been called "Chock Full o' Bullshit". But I thought that I remember them having chicory on the label. So either I am full of shit or this is a massive cover up! Chicory coffee seems to be a New Orleans or civil war thing only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 17, 2019 Share #11 Posted February 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: But I thought that I remember them having chicory on the label. So either I am full of shit or this is a massive cover up! Chicory coffee seems to be a New Orleans or civil war thing only. Perhaps this will help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted February 17, 2019 Share #12 Posted February 17, 2019 43 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: But I thought that I remember them having chicory on the label. So either I am full of shit or this is a massive cover up! You are full of shit. The Chock Full O' Nuts name is derived from the shops that originally sold it over the counter. Like Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts. I buy Dunkin' Donuts coffee most of the time, and I have yet to find a donut or even parts of a donut inside the bag. I remember a coffee brand that touted it's chicory content, but that was many years ago and I forget the brand. Of course, I could be full of shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted February 17, 2019 Share #13 Posted February 17, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #14 Posted February 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, Road Runner said: You are full of shit. The Chock Full O' Nuts name is derived from the shops that originally sold it over the counter. Like Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts. I buy Dunkin' Donuts coffee most of the time, and I have yet to find a donut or even parts of a donut inside the bag. I remember a coffee brand that touted it's chicory content, but that was many years ago and I forget the brand. Of course, I could be full of shit. At least one other person asked this question on the interwebz. And crickets was the answer. This is a great old people question! https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx2WT472ULCTU6N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted February 17, 2019 Share #15 Posted February 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: This is a great old people question! Too bad we don't have any great old people here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted February 17, 2019 Just now, Road Runner said: Too bad we don't have any great old people here. I was counting on you! My grandmother would know! But she is dead. My mother might know. (The Beatles said so after all!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted February 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: Too bad we don't have any great old people here. You apparently have had many facelifts to go with the gender change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted February 17, 2019 Share #18 Posted February 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I was counting on you! My grandmother would know! But she is dead. My mother might know. (The Beatles said so after all!) The one I remember is Luzianne (see my previous post). A big seller in the South, I think. I used to see ads for it a lot, but they may have been local ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #19 Posted December 31, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 9:35 AM, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Zip, zilch, nada! I guess I am batshit crazy. So as I sit here drinking my Chock Full O' Nuts today, I realize that it is very possible that I fabricated that memory because both start with the letters ch. Sad to believe my brian is that flaky, but whoomp, there it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 31, 2019 Share #20 Posted December 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: So as I sit here drinking my Chock Full O' Nuts today, I realize that it is very possible that I fabricated that memory because both start with the letters ch. Sad to believe my brian is that flaky, but whoomp, there it is. Chockery Full O" Nuts or Chick Full O' Nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #21 Posted December 31, 2019 Just now, Road Runner said: Chockery Full O" Nuts or Chick Full O' Nuts? STOP IT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Share #22 Posted December 31, 2019 I bought Chock Full o Nuts before because it said it had chickory in it, been years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #23 Posted December 31, 2019 Just now, jsharr said: I bought Chock Full o Nuts before because it said it had chickory in it, been years though. Are you effing with me? I just officially gave up on it today. But hey, you are the guy with the google-fu, so if'n you can find something on that I would be forever grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 31, 2019 Share #24 Posted December 31, 2019 Just now, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Are you effing with me? I just officially gave up on it today. But hey, you are the guy with the google-fu, so if'n you can find something on that I would be forever grateful. I agree with you. You are both getting brian confuzzled because of the similar sound and look of the words "Chock" and "Chicory". I have never heard of CFON having chicory and I have been drinking it for about 40 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted December 31, 2019 BTW, this thread ties in with my other one on other websites because of the digitization demonstrated on the CFON label in my original post is detailed and practiced in WaitButWhy in the Political Disney World article. I love it when things start oot with the basics and then spiral into the details, like a good newspaper article does - progressive disclosure and the inverted pyramid. I love the concept that if you cut the articile at any place, the most important details had already been covered. IMNSHO college education did not do a very good job of that, of putting things into context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Share #26 Posted December 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Are you effing with me? I just officially gave up on it today. But hey, you are the guy with the google-fu, so if'n you can find something on that I would be forever grateful. I can't find anything, I just seem to remember it used to have chicory. But maybe I am thinking of Community Coffee, which if alphabetical, would be near Chock Full O Nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 31, 2019 Share #27 Posted December 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: So as I sit here drinking my Chock Full O' Nuts today, I realize that it is very possible that I fabricated that memory because both start with the letters ch. Sad to believe my brian is that flaky, but whoomp, there it is. I remember the chicory part from a Jackie Robinson documentary. He was an executive with the company. The documentary played a coffee commercial and jingle that included chickory makes it smooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 31, 2019 Share #28 Posted December 31, 2019 21 minutes ago, roadsue said: I remember the chicory part from a Jackie Robinson documentary. He was an executive with the company. The documentary played a coffee commercial and jingle that included chickory makes it smooth. So all we have to do is locate that documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Share #29 Posted December 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Road Runner said: So all we have to do is locate that documentary. https://www.pbs.org/show/jackie-robinson/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #30 Posted December 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Road Runner said: So all we have to do is locate that documentary. In my original research I think I came across that but chicory was snot mentioned AFAICR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 31, 2019 Share #31 Posted December 31, 2019 The company site that tells their history mentions Robinson but there is no mention of chicory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share #32 Posted December 31, 2019 Just now, jsharr said: https://www.pbs.org/show/jackie-robinson/ OK, someone watch that and report back, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted December 31, 2019 Share #33 Posted December 31, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 8:31 AM, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Before I ask Uncle Google, I am going to guess aboot 10 years ago. On the coffee can now: Front: Since 1932 under a picture of the You Nork City skyline On the side: 1920s We sold nuts 1930s We sold nuts and coffee Now - We don't sell nuts. We just sell coffee But we like our name. 100% coffee. Chock Full O Nuts No mention whatsoever of chicory, dangit! Before I google that, I thought chicory was Witloof endive, presumably lettuce-like, like curly endive or Belgian endive. How did they ever get that into coffee? I thought the porpoise was like hamburger helper, to extend the 'spensive coffee with something cheaper. Now to ask Uncle Google. I don't drink coffee, but I respect that naming stance and explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 31, 2019 Share #34 Posted December 31, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 7:35 AM, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Zip, zilch, nada! I guess I am batshit crazy. We have mis-remembered ourselves. If there was chicory, it's never been part of the brand appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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