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Graham cracker history
from Wikipedia: Graham
crackers were originally marketed as “Dr. Graham’s Honey Biskets” and
were conceived of as health food as
part of the Graham Diet,
a regimen to suppress what he considered unhealthy carnal urges, the source
of many maladies according to Graham. Reverend Graham would often lecture about
the adverse effects of masturbation, or “self-abuse” as he called it.
One of his many theories was that one could curb one’s sexual appetite by
eating bland foods.

We are working on a graham cracker. The only component we are keeping is the
honey to flavor and bring the caramelization. After the initial idea, the goal was to
put all the components together. First finding food grade wood,
cutting it into 3-inch sticks, then soaking them in grape-seed oil to keep the dough from sticking after baking. The philo dough is cut into strips, brushed
with clarified butter and honey; then rolled around the first stick and
overlapping the following from bottom to top. Placed over silpat it is baked in
the oven until browned, re-brushed with honey and finally removed from the
sticks. JJ (Jason Junior) took complete control of the project and manages well the “86 crackers” during service.

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