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.

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Show notes:
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sageboggs/status/1242968530250870786">Sage’s viral tweet</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/johlag/status/754506527495643136">John’s original tweet to Triscuit</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sageboggs/status/1242968548949004288">Some old Triscuit advertisements</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit/status/1243177402492162049">Triscuit’s response to Sage</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealTriscuit/status/628559785470873600">Triscuit tweets about three ingredients</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
 <li><a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/83/b9/0d/950e11b2c4347f/US713795.pdf">“Filamentous cracker” patent</a> (PDF)</li>
 <li><a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US681655A/en?q=(electricity)&inventor=Henry+D+Perky&oq=inventor:(Henry+D+Perky)+electricity)">“Continuous heating and baking machine” patent</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits/">Snopes article on this matter</a>&nbsp;(Snopes)</li>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/richterscale/status/1243234639076036611">Charles Louis Richter questions the answer</a>&nbsp;(Twitter)</li>
</ul>

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