Smoothie; Chad

[Mark Odegard]

>SMOOTHIE
>
>    BETTER HOMES & GARDENS has a page of recipes listed in the issue (like
>GOURMET has) and I've copied them.  I noticed this in August 1952, pg. 67,
>col. 3:
>
>    _Beverages_
>(...)
>Peach Smoothie...86
>
>    This could be our first "smoothie" that actually is one.  Frozen yogurt
>smoothies were popular from 1977--25 years later!

As I recall (and here memory might be playing tricks), it was the
convienence store chain 7-11 that advertised smoothies, and sent the word
into general circulation. I do remember one of their TV ad campaigns where
they had an actor who greatly reminds me of "Larry" on the Letterman show,
who'd give the 'Oh thank Heaven for 7-11" slogan, tho' they were advertising
smoothies before then. This would have been the mid 70s I think.

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