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Fannie Farmer

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The Resume

    (March 23, 1857-January 15, 1915)
    Enrolled in the Boston School of Cooking (1887), graduated in 1889 and became the school's assistant principal, promoted to principal in 1891
    Opened Mrs. Farmer's School of Cookery (1902)
    Nicknamed the 'Mother of Level Measurements'
    Published the 'Boston Cooking-School Cookbook' (1896) and 'Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent' (1904)
    Died of successive strokes at age 57

Why she might be annoying:

    Her name can also mean a harvester of rear ends.
    She never completed high school.
    Her cooking school had a high tuition rate; only upper class women could afford to attend.
    She dined at fine restaurants to learn new recipes. If a chef would not share the secret to a recipe she would take some of it back to the cooking school laboratory to have its ingredient's analyzed.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She suffered a stroke in her teens and took years to recover, developing a permanent limp.
    Her 1896 cookbook became so popular it was simply referred to as the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.
    She paid for printing costs herself to retain the book's copyrights, which made her wealthy.
    She innovated exact measurements in her recipes rather than adhering to the accepted practice of improvising, such as 'four pinches of salt' and 'two handfuls of flour.'

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 67 Votes: 59.70% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 180 Votes: 47.22% Annoying