# Did Coca-Cola really used to be green? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-coca-cola-really-used-to-be-green/99834 "2002-03-24T07:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-coca-cola-really-used-to-be-green/99834/21 "2002-03-25T06:40:03Z")
What I remember reading (maybe in a Straight Dope column?) is that Mel Blanc didn’t like carrots, not that he was allergic to them. Apparently no way was found to produce Bugs Bunny’s carrot-crunching sound other than to actually chomp on a carrot, which was unpleasant for Mel. Had he been allergic, I doubt he could have done it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-coca-cola-really-used-to-be-green/99834/22 "2002-03-25T07:47:03Z")
We covered Mel Blanc’s dislike of carrots in an earlier thread. As Gary T. says, he wasn’t allergic. But he did have to go through a couple dozen or so carrots per recording session, so he kept a trash can nearby to spit them into after chewing them. As far as the Rolls Royce question, about 20 years ago that would have been Antelope, Oregon. But ole Rajneesh has moved on and I think they liquidated his collection of Rolls (he had 92 at one point). ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-coca-cola-really-used-to-be-green/99834/23 "2002-03-25T10:24:06Z")
I read (here, I believe) that a ‘kiss’ is a candy making term for a small piece of chocolate, and that’s where the Hershey’s Kisses got their name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-coca-cola-really-used-to-be-green/99834.md?page=1)