Newt’on – Newtons, Nabisco’s fruit cookie
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:We_Are_Gobblers
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Newt%27on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtons_(cookie)
Screaming Byrin is trying to alert his fellow Alphoi to the inherent dangers of an over-indulgent lifestyle. Succumbing to the cravings of cookies and cakes caused Alphoi to devolve into Gobblers. Byrin won’t let this happen again. He must spread the message of restraint and moderation, but since he is not currently allowed inside the Leisure Dome he asks Your Wizard for assistance. Newt’on, the third Alphoi you encounter is living an indulgent existence in the Leisure Dome.
“Yes, yes. Hideous mutations, penchant for architectural gorging. Don’t you know it’s rude to interrupt someone while they’re eating?” – Newt’on
Newtons are a Nabisco-trademarked version of a cookie filled with sweet fruit paste. Fig Newtons are the most popular variety. They are produced by an extrusion process. Their distinctive shape is a characteristic that has been adopted by competitors, including generic fig bars sold in many markets.
The Newton was invented by Philadelphia baker Charles Roser, who likely took inspiration for the recipe from the fig roll, a baked good introduced to the U.S. by British immigrants. Roser used a machine invented by James Henry Mitchell which allowed for the extrusion of fig jam and cookie dough at the same time into a long, continuous roll. The recipe was sold to the Kennedy Biscuit company, and entered mass production at the F. A. Kennedy Steam Bakery in 1891. The cookie was christened the “Newton” by the plant manager, James Hazen, using the name of the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts.
The Kennedy Biscuit Company was one of eight bakeries bought out by William Moore in 1889 to create the New York Biscuit Company. This company merged with the American Biscuit Company in 1898 to form the “National Biscuit Company”, or Nabisco. The recipe for Newtons along with the manufacturing machine were among the assets brought into the new company, and the cookies were trademarked as “Fig Newtons”.
In 1991, Nabisco held a 100th-anniversary celebration of the cookie in the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
Since 2012, the “Fig” has been dropped from the product name (now just “Newtons”). According to Nabisco, one reason this was done is that the cookie had long been available in other flavors, like strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry.
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