# One small step for a man, one giant leap for Nabisco **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559 "2001-02-15T05:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/21 "2001-02-16T11:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > In fact, I invented double-Stuff cookies. See, once I got good at it, I could open up a cookie so that all of the Stuff stayed on one side, known to specialists in the field as the primary semicookie. And then I’d put together the two primaries, thereby doubling the creme/crunch ratio. When Oreo came out with official double-Stuff cookies, I decided not to press my position as inventor, preferring instead to share my discovery as a force for good in the world.\*\* Ro, I used to know someone who could do that with ice cream sandwiches in the high-school lunchroom. Truly, this is a talent. ---
**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/22 "2001-02-16T12:57:52Z")
I come from an 3rd World Oreo Developing Nation - that particular biscuit having only arrived on these shores approximately 18-24 months ago - and as such we lack much of the scientific knowledge that your many years of research has bestowed upon you. For example, I know not of these ‘mini-oreos’ of which you speak, nor the ‘double oreo’, except in it’s amateur form which we have discovered independantly of **Robot Arm**. Have you any secrets that may enable me to escalate up the ranks to eventually be on an equal level technologically with your own oreo science?? ---
**Author:** ![Bawdysurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Bawdysurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bawdysurfer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/23 "2001-02-23T12:41:44Z")
**The Oreo Coronary Office Extravaganza.** ```auto **Participants: 37 (12m, 25f) Age: 23 to 62 Oreos consumed: 1,604 (1,064 regs, 540 minis) [sub]milk coffee soda[/sub] Beverage: 17 12 8** ``` Participants were asked to consume freely and note any tendencies or patterns to their pleasures. These were than matched with all applicable categories. ```auto   **[sub]always sometimes never[/sub] Unscrewers: 21 11 5 Stuf accumulators: 14 7 16 Wafer required on both sides of stacked Stuf: 3 8 26 Stuf first, wafers last: 4 13 20 No bite, full insertion: 16 3 18 Oreo "Club" (tripledecker): 0 12 25 Dunkers: 14 11 12 [sub]two three four five six seven eight nine[/sub] MOST STUF STACKED: 5 4 12 8 2 2 3 1** ``` Many brought toothbrush and paste after the first day. A number of middle aged folks were observed to have an increased bounce to their step, plus a greater tendency to talk longer and more rapidly rather than work. Rumor has it that some are planning future escapades involving potentially volatile quantities of sugar. Damn well hope the Dental Policy is in good stead! ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/24 "2001-03-16T14:30:08Z")
I would like to make myself available as a reference for this experiment. For 2 summers in college I worked in THE Nabisco factory that manufactures Oreos. This was pre-mini-Oreo, but I think the fact that I have actually been calf deep in the white stuff should qualify me to clear up some of the finer points on Oreology. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/25 "2001-03-16T15:15:50Z")
Recent study on green oreos. (For the grinch movie, the creme was green) Me and my fellow researchers were donated large quantities of previously mentioned green oreos. It was in the quantity of eight bags worth. Noticable differences Taste: No large discernable taste difference but didn’t have the same addictiveness. The addictiveness factor was approximately 2:1 of white over green. Consumability: Noticable reduced appetite for green oreos in mass quantity. No control to know if it was due to green color or such large quantities of oreos. Purpose: Reduced use for straight eating and eating with beverage. Twisting and stacking were at an all time low. Increase use for oreos with other desserts. Mostly notably, a gallon of fudge swirl ice cream. Conclusion: Don’t ever let anyone donate 8 bags of green oreos for 12 people when they are gone on a week long trip. They work fine for the first couple of days but then start being avoided like a plague. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/26 "2001-03-16T15:39:17Z")
Stop, stop! Please stop! My sides are aching, there are tears rolling down my cheeks, there’s coffee all over my monitor. People here at work are about to call security for the lady having an apoplectic fit rolling around on her cubicle floor laughing her f\*ing ass off! You’re gonna get me fired! ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/27 "2001-03-16T15:53:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*Yucky white stuff- who needs it. > > \*\* Isn’t that where babies come from? I think we need it to continue as a species. -L ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/28 "2001-03-16T17:39:23Z")
[http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~katschohl/oreo.jpg](http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~katschohl/oreo.jpg) This specimen, built from seven double-stuffed Oreo cookies, is fourteen times the height of a standard cookie. Construction was unique in that no tools were required; all cookie removal was accomplished by a high degree of layer adhesion. ---
**Author:** ![Devily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Devily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devily)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/29 "2001-03-16T18:19:48Z")
You guys have forgot the power of … Fudge covered oreo’s ! in white or dark …pick your pleasure … curretly i’m munching on girl scout thin mints … from the freezer the way God inteneded them to be ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/30 "2001-03-16T18:50:09Z")
That looks pretty disgusting, especially sitting on that Playstation controller. I can just imagine some porky, little 10 year old, consuming mass quantities of Oreos and playing video games. Bad teeth, never goes outside to ride his bike, no friends, video-game junkie. Sorry, all that “Stuf” just got to me, even if I was only looking at it. Plus, I just ate a yummy maple donut, so the thought of more sugar… ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/31 "2001-03-17T05:59:20Z")
Big fan of the Oreo. Never knew the technical terms for the pieces of the little suckers, thanks, Robot, for smarting me up. Fully aware that the order of the contents as they reach the digestive tract is of vital importance, I just throw caution to the winds and eat them whole. What I DON’T understand is the “serving size” deal. Any manufacturer with the gall to tell me that the serving size is two, or three, or even five cookies just has to go. Everyone knows that SERVING SIZE IS UNTIL THE CONTAINER IS EMPTY!!! But then, I’ve eaten an entire turkey, so pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Billy. Fully prepared to eat however many may be required. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/32 "2001-03-17T10:34:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*You, of course, have not answered the question burning in the minds of the entire oreological community: _What becomes of the secondary semicookies???_ > \*\* They’re left outside the back door of the homeless shelter, right next to the muffin stumps. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/33 "2001-03-17T10:46:20Z")
Wait a freaking minute! Back up there! Am I to understand from the OP that Hydrox are no longer on the market? When did this happen? 😕 Say it ain’t so! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/34 "2001-03-17T16:14:25Z")
I haven’t seen Hydrox for a while, but I haven’t really looked. They changed their recipe at some point, probably to taste more like Oreos, and they just weren’t the same after that. Sigh. Marginalized again. ---
**Author:** ![scampering\_gremlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@scampering\_gremlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scampering_gremlin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/35 "2001-03-17T17:15:18Z")
For all you creme eaters, here’s the big question: do you use your upper or lower incisors? I use the lower. Can’t think of anything else but an Oreo I scrape and eat that way. The second question is for everyone. At your junior high school was it an insult to call someone an oreo cookie? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/36 "2001-03-17T18:46:50Z")
I eat 4 Oreos per night, with a glass of milk. This is my before bedtime milk-n-cookies, and I can’t sleep unless I’ve had them (or a piece chocolate cheesecake, or a brownie, but mostly the big O). Last night, I was a wild woman and had **6** Oreos before bed! I would love to find virgin cookies - I eat the stuf off because I’m too lazy to remove it surgically. StG ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/37 "2001-03-18T07:30:17Z")
Am I the only one here who eats Oreo’s with Ez-cheese? ---
**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/38 "2001-03-18T11:22:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billy Rubin \* > > But then, I’ve eaten an entire turkey, so pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. _ **you fucking what??** _ Shit. I had three slices and felt ill when some american exchange students asked me over for dinner when they had thanksgiving here last year (sitting outside wearing t-shirts, in the shade with the cricket on the telly. they all said it was a new experience) You ate an entire one of those fuckers by yourself? Jesus. You must be one hungry bastard. Please tell me it was for a bet… \ ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/39 "2001-03-18T19:44:20Z")
I berated my son, poor kid, just last night for taking apart two double stufs and making a quadruple-stuff. Little did I know… Anyway, I’ll show this to him and get him cracking on this DSO-1 project. Oughtta be interesting… ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559/40 "2001-03-18T20:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*I haven’t seen Hydrox for a while, but I haven’t really looked. They changed their recipe at some point, probably to taste more like Oreos, and they just weren’t the same after that. > > Sigh. Marginalized again. \*\* Well, Keebler’s acquired Sunshine Biscuits about a year or two ago - and they renamed 'em. They’re “Droxies” now. I guess Hydrox sounded too much like some kind of roach killer. P.S. I’m with you - I like (Hy)drox(ies) better. They were the original, after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap-for-nabisco/54559.md?page=3)