Re: Trail-Mix Taste Test

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Trail-Mix Taste Test
March 08, 2010 04:01PM

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No one knows exactly when humans first paired nuts with dried fruit and thought, "Gorp! I must have this as I journey forth afoot." We do know, however, that the salty-sweet concoction now called trail mix became commercially available in the 1960s and that makers have been refining recipes ever since.

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2010/03/mixed-reviews-our-trailmix-taste-test.html

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Frank Furter

Re: Trail-Mix Taste Test
March 08, 2010 06:06PM

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Have we really reached the point that we cannot make our own trail mix?
With the options at Trader Joe's, mixing exotic substances is part of the process for planning a hike!
GORP did seem to arise spontaneously in the early to mid-60's.
Wikipedia claims explanations of the name as standing for this or that are "backronyms" .

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