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07-06-2013, 11:41 AM
The Oreo Cookieâs Emboss: A Design Shrouded in Mystery
By Alyson Krueger @timenewsfeedJune 16, 2011Add a Comment
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How many times have you looked at an Oreo and asked the question, âWho made that Oreo emboss?â Probably never, but we are now closer to an answer.
After the National Biscuit Company introduced the Oreo in 1912, its face underwent a few rounds of adjustments (one version had two pairs of turtledoves) before todayâs design was finalized in 1952.
Many Internet resources have credited William Turnier as the man behind the contemporary design, but Nabisco could confirm only that a man by that name worked for the company during that time as a âdesign engineer.â Alas, the certain identity of the designer who made the iconic emboss remains unknown.
But if you are craving more information, have no fear. We also know more about what the design actually means. The circle topped with a two-bar cross in which the word âOREOâ resides, reports the Atlantic, is a variant of the Nabisco logo, and is either âan early European symbol for qualityâ or a Cross of Lorraine, as carried by the Knights Templar into the Crusades. The Oreoâs a dot with four triangles radiating outward either resumbles a four-leaf-clover or the cross pattée, also associated with the Knights Templar, as well as with the German military and todayâs Freemasons.
Never again will you overlook that very special design while eating an Oreo.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/16/the-...z2YHZjIllM
By Alyson Krueger @timenewsfeedJune 16, 2011Add a Comment
[Image: http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/...240&crop=1]
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
How many times have you looked at an Oreo and asked the question, âWho made that Oreo emboss?â Probably never, but we are now closer to an answer.
After the National Biscuit Company introduced the Oreo in 1912, its face underwent a few rounds of adjustments (one version had two pairs of turtledoves) before todayâs design was finalized in 1952.
Many Internet resources have credited William Turnier as the man behind the contemporary design, but Nabisco could confirm only that a man by that name worked for the company during that time as a âdesign engineer.â Alas, the certain identity of the designer who made the iconic emboss remains unknown.
But if you are craving more information, have no fear. We also know more about what the design actually means. The circle topped with a two-bar cross in which the word âOREOâ resides, reports the Atlantic, is a variant of the Nabisco logo, and is either âan early European symbol for qualityâ or a Cross of Lorraine, as carried by the Knights Templar into the Crusades. The Oreoâs a dot with four triangles radiating outward either resumbles a four-leaf-clover or the cross pattée, also associated with the Knights Templar, as well as with the German military and todayâs Freemasons.
Never again will you overlook that very special design while eating an Oreo.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/16/the-...z2YHZjIllM
07-06-2013, 11:42 AM
07-06-2013, 12:16 PM
Are they going to take over the world?
07-06-2013, 12:19 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_pattée
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Knights Templar[edit]
The cross pattée is sometimes associated with another Crusader order, the Knights Templar, though as with the Teutonic Knights, it was not used consistently. The Templars did adopt a red cross on their white robes in 1147,[3] but there was no specific style designated, and different Templars used different versions of the cross. The cross pattée was by no means their official symbol. Some modern Freemason organizations do use the cross pattée in an official way, and this use occasionally causes confusion as to which version was used by the medieval order of Knights Templar[citation needed].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_pattée
07-06-2013, 12:20 PM
What's with the Exxon image?
07-06-2013, 12:30 PM
Big oil is being run by the Knights Templars
07-06-2013, 12:31 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:Are they going to take over the world?already have :eyeroll:
07-06-2013, 12:31 PM
You mean the "Knights Templar" still exist?
07-06-2013, 12:31 PM
nky Wrote:Big oil is being run by the Knights TemplarsOh. I thought republicans run big oil. Are republicans the KT?
07-06-2013, 12:33 PM
I thought they were only around in medieval days.
07-06-2013, 02:43 PM
Do you have anymore info on the Knights Templar?
07-06-2013, 06:43 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:Oh. I thought republicans run big oil. Are republicans the KT?
no you got that wrong big oil runs the republicans
07-06-2013, 08:08 PM
vector Wrote:no you got that wrong big oil runs the republicans
Not true at all. And yet even if it were, I would still much rather be a republican run by big oil, than a democrat run by the LGBT.
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07-06-2013, 08:13 PM
TheRealThing Wrote:Not true at all. And yet even if it were, I would still much rather be a republican run by big oil, than a democrat run by the LGBT.This relates to the Knights Templar, how? I'm trying to learn about the Knights Templar here.
07-06-2013, 08:36 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:This relates to the Knights Templar, how? I'm trying to learn about the Knights Templar here.
LOL, tell that to your sock puppet back up. But, IMO Oreos are going to have to make a bigger impact on the market place before many folks will get too tore up about the Knights Templar.
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07-06-2013, 08:45 PM
TheRealThing Wrote:LOL, tell that to your sock puppet back up. But, IMO Oreos are going to have to make a bigger impact on the market place before many folks will get too tore up about the Knights Templar.Yea, I hate Oreos, but I thought nky was going to teach us a little about the Knights Templar.
07-06-2013, 10:00 PM
Why did you get me interested in a Knights Templar discussion, nky, then quit?
07-06-2013, 11:22 PM
nky Wrote:Big oil is being run by the Knights TemplarsBut, that Exxon cross image is not like the Knights Templar.
07-07-2013, 03:27 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:Why did you get me interested in a Knights Templar discussion, nky, then quit?Sorry have a life and decided levity goes over some heads
07-07-2013, 03:28 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:But, that Exxon cross image is not like the Knights Templar.Cross of Lorraine that they use turn it on it's side resembles a double x
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07-07-2013, 03:41 PM
I don't think they used that cross, that I'm aware of.
07-07-2013, 03:43 PM
^ Sorry, I see the "original" KT used it. I don't think modern day Knights use it.
07-07-2013, 03:44 PM
The Lorraine cross was carried to the Crusades by the original Knights Templar, granted to them for their use by the Patriarch of Jerusalem.[2][3]
In the Catholic Church, an equal-armed Lorraine Cross denotes the office of archbishop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine
In the Catholic Church, an equal-armed Lorraine Cross denotes the office of archbishop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine
07-07-2013, 03:44 PM
nky Wrote:Sorry have a life and decided levity goes over some headsMaybe it doesn't.
07-07-2013, 03:45 PM
nky Wrote:The Lorraine cross was carried to the Crusades by the original Knights Templar, granted to them for their use by the Patriarch of Jerusalem.[2][3]Yea, I found that. I thought you were referring to modern day Knights Templar.
In the Catholic Church, an equal-armed Lorraine Cross denotes the office of archbishop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine
07-07-2013, 03:47 PM
old school all the way
07-07-2013, 03:47 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:I don't think they used that cross, that I'm aware of.Yes, the Knights Templar used the Cross of Lorraine.
07-07-2013, 03:49 PM
Hoot Gibson Wrote:Yes, the Knights Templar used the Cross of Lorraine.I conceded that the original KT did. I thought this thread was about modern day KT.
TheRealVille Wrote:^ Sorry, I see the "original" KT used it. I don't think modern day Knights use it.
07-07-2013, 03:50 PM
nky Wrote:old school all the wayIs the original KT and the modern day KT the same?
07-07-2013, 03:52 PM
What cross do modern day KT use?
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