Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

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There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them. On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.

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There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them. On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.

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Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

Underunderstood

39 minutes 28 seconds

2 years ago

Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

Writer Sage Boggs thought he discovered why Triscuit is called Triscuit. But the cracker brand has a confusing and mysterious relationship with its own name.

A rough version of this story originally ran on our bonus podcast, Overunderstood. This updated version contains some new information and reporting.

Want to support the show? Become a patron at https://patreon.com/underunderstood.

Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬.

Show notes:

Sage’s viral tweet (Twitter)
John’s original tweet to Triscuit (Twitter)
Some old Triscuit advertisements (Twitter)
Triscuit’s response to Sage (Twitter)
Triscuit tweets about three ingredients (Twitter)
“Filamentous cracker” patent (PDF)
“Continuous heating and baking machine” patent
Snopes article on this matter (Snopes)
Charles Louis Richter questions the answer (Twitter)