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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Food R.I.P. Oscar Mayer

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:07 PM

Meat processing giant Oscar G. Mayer is dead at the age of 96.

In memoriam:

 

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1
He died during National Hot Dog Month. Coincidence?
Posted by Sara on July 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM · Report
2
There for a moment I thought that OM was going out of business. Have you ever tried fried baloney and eggs? Yummy
Posted by ujfoyt on July 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM · Report
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I grew up near the original OM plant in Madison, WI. It made that whole part of town smell like farts.
Posted by TSW on July 8, 2009 at 5:21 PM · Report
4
Yes, that's right.
Oscar Mayer is dead.
Let the remixes begin.
Posted by rich23 on July 8, 2009 at 6:23 PM · Report
5
I grew up there too. Did you ever hear about the run-off into Lake Monona? There were fat globules floating on the lake...dog's got sick trying to eat them....I was never sure if it was an urban myth or for real.
Posted by melia on July 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM · Report
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melia,
Yea, I remember hearing that stuff. NASTY. I want to believe it was only myth but have a feeling it was true. Maybe that's why I was more of a Lake Mendota guy!
Posted by TSW on July 9, 2009 at 8:38 AM · Report

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