MOXIE TRIVIA and FACTS
In 2005 Maine designated Moxie® as the Official State Soft Drink.
Moxie is a carbonated soft drink created by Augustin Thompson in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was a homeopathic physician (not a pharmacist). Thompson created 'Moxie Nerve Food' in 1884, and registered the trademark in 1885. It was first sold in 1884. The year 1876 is frequently cited as the year of Moxie's creation, but there does not seem to be any evidence for that earlier date (even the company's website denies the 1876 date). By the 1920s Moxie outsold Coca-Cola.
The WW I army slang term 'moxie,' meaning the ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage' comes from this soft drink.
(Moxie Beverage Company website: >www.drinkmoxie.com )
You are here > Home > FOOD TRIVIA & FACTS >
Also see: Food Articles and Cooking Tips
FOOD TRIVIA and FOOD FACTS
Please feel free to link to any pages of FoodReference.com from your website.
For permission to use any of this content please E-mail: james@foodreference.com
All contents are copyright © 1990 - 2024 James T. Ehler and www.FoodReference.com unless otherwise noted.
All rights reserved. You may copy and use portions of this website for non-commercial, personal use only.
Any other use of these materials without prior written authorization is not very nice and violates the copyright.
Please take the time to request permission.
Home | Articles | FOOD TRIVIA | Today in Food History | Food Timeline | Recipes | Cooking_Tips | Food_Videos | Food Quotes | Who’s Who | Culinary Schools & Tours | Food_Trivia_Quizzes | Food Poems | Free_Magazines | Food Festivals & Events
FoodReference.com (since 1999)
FOOD TRIVIA and FOOD FACTS SECTION