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Friday etymology: "junket"352 views |
| ssg - 12/7/07, 6:25 am |
| asemisldkfj - 11/02/07 at
07:51 pm (71.174.179.93) please make more threads like this. The sort of tortuous path that "alcohol" took to its current meaning put me in mind of my very favorite English word for labyrinthine etymology, "junket." From the Latin juncus, meaning "reed," "junket" first came into English as: • a mat or basket of woven reeds Subsequent uses of the word in English (not all of which remain current) have been: • a kind of cream cheese typically made or transported on a mat of woven reeds • a sweetened cream cheese dessert • a sweetmeat or pastry or confection generally • a picnic • a pleasure trip generally And most currently: • a pleasure outing taken at the expense of others (typically taken by public officials at public expense, but you could also use it for captains of industry charging their golf trips to the shareholders and such) Tom even says he's seen it recently used for an ill-considered outing in a more metaphorical sense, like "the country star's poorly planned junket into rap." Lots of English words have made broad jumps of meaning, but this one is a hurdler. |
| mexicangold - 12/7/07, 6:56 am |
| junket it in my face |
| djd - 12/7/07, 7:06 am |
| Cream cheese dessert? I thought it was a pudding made with rennet. I guess since rennet makes cheese.... |
| mR. id - 12/7/07, 7:10 am |
| Do this every day. |
| RyanMcGinty - 12/7/07, 7:11 am |
| go on junkets every day |
| DR_PEEBZ - 12/7/07, 7:13 am |
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| DR_PEEBZ - 12/7/07, 7:15 am |
| Junket History The story of the Junket brand begins in Denmark in 1874, when Christian Hansen founded Hansen's Laboratorium in Denmark to make rennet extract for the cheese making industry. Four years later, in 1878, Chris Hansen opened up operations in the United States. Logically, they chose Herkimer County, NY as the headquarters, since that was the center of the US cheese industry at that time. At first, they imported rennet from Denmark, but in 1891 a factory was constructed in Little Falls, New York where Junket is still produced today - more than a century later. The "Junket" brand was first introduced in 1886 and Rennet tablets were the first product to be sold under the Junket brand name. Junket actually means "milk with rennet" and this is the inspiration for the brand name. The tablets were designed for household use for making cheese and other dairy products. In 1911, Chris Hansen began marketing a powder under the brand name "Nesnah" Hansen spelled backwards. It was sweetened and flavored for making custards and drinks and not much different from today's Junket Rennet Custard. In 1915, the brand name of this product was changed to Junket. After WWI new products were added to the range. In 1934, Junket Freezing mix for making ice cream was introduced. This later became known as Junket Ice Cream mix and filled the need for ice cream that could be made quickly and easily at home. In 1938, Junket "Quick Fudge and Frosting Mix" was launched. It was later renamed "Minute Fudge" and today is known as Hansen Island Fudge. In 1939, the Junket Danish Dessert line was introduced. This product was based on the famous Scandanavian Rodgrod or "Red Pudding". In 1948, Sherbert mix was introduced as a companion to Ice Cream mix. It was successful for some time, but is no longer produced and marketed. Junket products were introduced into Canada beginning in 1917 and were produced in Toronto. In 1958, Salada-Shirrif Horsey acquired the Junket brand from Chs. Hansen Laboratories along with the factory in Little Falls, New York. Salada-Shirrif Horsey had been created only a year earlier in 1957 by the merger of the Salada Tea Company and Shirrif Horsey. Shirriff was a Canadian company that had pioneered flavoring essences called "buds" which were used for flavoring dessert products, jelly powders, jellies, and puddings. In 1962, the company name was changed to Salada Foods, Inc., and was later acquired by cereal maker Kellog in 1969. Under Kellogg, Salada tea packing operations were merged with Junket in Little Falls in 1973. Today, Junket mixes and Salada teas are still produced in Little Falls, New York on Hansen Island in the middle of the Mohawk River. Since 1988, Junket and Salada brands have been part of Redco Foods, Inc. You can find Little Falls just off the New York State thruway twenty minutes east of Utica, New York. |
| ariele - 12/7/07, 7:15 am |
| the SSG learning thread! i want to learn about more words. a couple days ago i tackled gamut. |
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