Not P but Lovecraft

[Robert Mahnke]

FWIW, it seems wrong to me to assume that Lovecraft had a branded product
in mind, or that -- if he did -- it was a brand that still survives. Maybe
he was thinking about crackers with cheese, or with cheese paste, a la this
recipe found Tom Scocca's email newsletter:

[image: Indignity Vol. 2, No. 96 Purloined Puma.jpeg]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:32 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” the narrator describes taking a
> supply of “cheese crackers” with him for lunch. A certain brand of cheese
> cracker was invented in 1921 — which means he quite probably took some
> Cheez-Its to Innsmouth.
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