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Asked to put together a pun involving the telephone’s inventor and a common ingredient in a garden salad, the Yalie jumped to ask, “What is bell pepper?”—the wrong response. Naam, however, buzzed in with “What is Alexander Bell Pepper,” which the judges ruled correct. Basin had no reply to the puzzler...
Harvard continued to pepper the Columbia goal with shots throughout the first half, but the tenacious Columbia defense stubbornly prevented the Crimson from cashing in on repeated occasions...
...United States. Akin to an after-dinner mint that, according to candyman Ron, “melts in your mouth and not in your hand,” the pure sugar candy may lose its lemon or peppermint flavor but will never go bad. As proof, the Pepper Companie displays a jar of 173 year-old Gibralters, yellowing in color but supposedly still sweet. Spencer peddled these goodies around Salem by wagon while sea captains shipped them worldwide. In 1830, Spencer’s son sold the company to John William Pepper, who expanded the product line to include...
Then, at the turn of the century, the Burkinshaw family purchased the Pepper Companie and has since passed it down over four generations. “It’s a family business,” says Bob Burkinshaw, the current President. “The whole family works in here—I’m the president, my wife Christine takes care of the book-keeping and sales, my son Craig is the chief cook and my daughter Jaclyn is in charge of shipping. My father’s retired, but he comes in every...
...Olde Pepper Companie is the perfect side trip once in Salem. Right down the road from Salem’s Witch Mansion and just across the street from the fabled House of Seven Gables, visitors should be sure to stop and indulge in some sumptuous sweets from America’s oldest source, for its candy continues the town’s rich magical history. And not all magic is black magic. Ye Olde Pepper Companie Ltd. 122 Derby Street