Monday, February 13, 2012

Nello Ferrara, the creator...

...of Lemonheads candy, died at age 93. Among his survivors are his son, Salvatore, the president and chief executive of the Ferrara Pan Candy Company:

Salvatore Ferrara said his birth inspired his father to invent the Lemonhead candy.

“He always claimed that when I was born, that I came out of my mother sideways,” the younger Mr. Ferrara said, “and my head was shaped like a lemon.”

The Forest Park, Illinois-based company also makes Red Hots, Atomic FireBalls and Boston Baked Beans.

Boston Baked Beans? Do they still make those? Who buys them? The only time I ever saw anyone buy Boston Baked Beans was when my brother once pulled the lever of a vending machine marked "Surprise?" He wasn't pleased.

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