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Pin Cushion
Plush Toys and the Teddy Bear
The very first of the plush toys was born at a company in Germany named Steiff. This company was founded in 1880 and so was the very first plush toy.
Originally manufactured to be a pin cushion, the elephant made of felt turned out to be Steiff's fist plush toy. Once kids got their hands on this soft pin cushion they fell in love with the elephant and the rest is plush toy history.
Kids might have fallen in love with the "pin cushion" elephant, but that did not do much to bring the company profits or favor with the general public. It wasn't until the early 1900's that the company discovered the "rock star" of plush toys: The Teddy Bear
The Steiff Company did not come up with the name "Teddy Bear". It was Morris and Rose Michtom from Brooklyn, NY that came up with the name.
This is how the story goes: Then President Teddy Roosevelt was on a political fence mending trip in Mississippi. Never to miss out on a great outdoor adventure he decided to go on a hunting expedition with his friends. After many attempts at a kill the president came up empty handed.
His companions thought they would help the president out. They found a bear cub and tied him up to a tree. They then told the president to go ahead and shoot the cub. The president refused to shoot the captured cub.
When word of this story got back to Morris and Rose Michtom in Brooklyn, they decided that their version of the stuffed bear should be called the teddy bear in honor of the president. The name stuck and even the Steiff's company started calling their bear a teddy bear.
Steiff is credited with coming up with the first jointed teddy bear. The Michtom's get credit for the first real teddy bear that is familiar to all of us today.
Nobody really knows if the stuffed bear would have been called the teddy bear if it were not for the President Roosevelt connection. Probably not. But there certainly would have been a plush toy called the "something" bear.
The teddy bear is the most popular plush toy ever created. Some people think that it is the most popular of any toy that has ever been created. It certainly has endured in its popularity, unlike the hula hoop, yo-yo, or etch a sketch. These plush bears have been popular for over a century!
Today you can get a teddy bear that can be dressed up for just about any occasion. There are bears for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, get well bears, and wedding bears. The list goes on and on.
Can we really talk about plush toys and teddy bears without mentioning the most famous of all? That would be Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie has become a force within itself with movies, televisions shows, and all sorts of endorsements.
The next time you think about plush toys maybe you will give a quick thought to the original plush toy: the elephant pin cushion.
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Where was the tomato pin cushion invented?
How Tomato Pin Cushion came to be:
People used to believe that placing a ripe tomato on the mantel when first entering a new home guaranteed future prosperity. Since tomatoes were not available year-round until recently, families moving into new homes often substituted round balls of red fabric stuffed with sawdust or sand. These balls were also used as pincushions, which explains--if you ever wondered--why your grandmother's pincushion looked like a tomato.
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Extra tid bit : Tomato History
Along with corn and potatoes, the Western Hemisphere gave the world the tomato. The Aztecs cultivated and enjoyed tomatoes for at least a millennium before European explorers came. The conquistadors returned to Europe with tomato seeds. The red globes quickly become an important part of the cuisine of Spain, Portugal, and Italy. When other European peoples began to use the tomato, they gave it nicknames curiously fitting to their own culture. Th French called the tomato a "love apple." The Germans noted the apple-like shape and color and called it "the apple of paradise."
Only the British refused to eat this new vegetable. They believed it to be poisonous. A possible reason for the error may be that the tomato vine resembles and is botanically related to the deadly nightshade. Whatever the reason, the English colonists who came t America carried with them the firm belief that tomatoes were toxic. What an ironic twist of fate that although the tomato crossed the Atlantic the first time as a terrific new food, it crossed the Atlantic the second time as a poison not to be eaten!
The American fear of the tomato persisted into the 19th century. In 1781, Thomas Jefferson grew tomatoes in the gardens of Monticello, but not as a food. The plants were merely for decoration! Although Creoles were known to use tomatoes in cooking their spicy gumbos and jambalayas, it wasn't until 1820 that the tomato was proven safe to the satisfaction of the public. On September 26, courageous Colonel Robert G. Johnson stood on the courthouse steps in Salem, New Jersey, and to the horror of onlookers, ate not just one, but a basketful of tomatoes. When he appeared the next morning, not dead and not even sick, the tomato was finally accepted as a wholesome food.
Fruit or vegetable? According to no less an authority than the U.S. Supreme Court, the tomato is a vegetable. In 1883, Congress passed a tariff act assessing fees on imported vegetables. Fruits were allowed to enter the country duty-free. The director of customs in New York City collected a tariff on incoming tomatoes, declaring them to be vegetables. The importers claimed they were fruits and filed a lawsuit. When the case finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court, the unanimous decision was:
Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. But in the common language of the people . . . all these are vegetables.
People used to believe that placing a ripe tomato on the mantel when first entering a new home guaranteed future prosperity. Since tomatoes were not available year-round until recently, families moving into new homes often substituted round balls of red fabric stuffed with sawdust or sand. These balls were also used as pincushions, which explains--if you ever wondered--why your grandmother's pincushion looked like a tomato.
Source: Vegetable Desserts, Beyond Carrot Cake & Pumpkin Pie, ©1998 by Elisabeth Schafer and Jeannette L. Miller, RD.
Other Tomato Lore
& Claims (We Won't Vouch For The Truth of Any of These)
To cure burning feet, place slices of tomato on your feet, wrap, and elevate for 15 minutes.
Treat sunburn with tomatoes soaked in buttermilk. Apply to your skin.
Draw infection from a boil with a warmed slice of tomato.
Problems with skunk odor? Soak in a bath of tomato juice.
Remove garlic and onion odors from your hands with a slice of fresh tomato.
Use tomato juice as a cure for alcohol hangover.
To remove a splinter, sprinkle salt on the area, cover with a small slice of tomato, and hold in place overnight with plastic wrap. In the morning, the splinter will pop out.
Tutorial: how to make a pin cushion