Born 150 years ago today May Davis Wait (1874-1956). Just over a century ago, Wait's husband, a sometime cough syrup manufacturer name Pearle, invented Jell-O; May's the one who named it. When Pearle couldn't get the backing for his own company, he sold the patent rights to the Genesee Pure Food Company, makers of Grain-O. […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AM on February 23, 2024