UH-OH
In Memoriam: Creator Of Campbell's Spaghetti-Os Has Died
I CAN'T LET Donald Goerke pass on to that great kitchen in the sky without thanking him for his starchy staple to America's pwt diet, Spaghetti-Os.
Mr. Goerke died earlier this month in his home in Delran, N.J., just a few miles north of the Camden-based Campbell Soup Company.
Goerke, who originally hailed from Wisconsin, worked for 35 years for the food manufacturer. He is credited with devising the "O"’ shape of the canned pasta for two reasons: to make it last canning and reheating, and to keep it from sticking to walls if thrown by little hands.
More than 150 million cans of Spaghetti-Os are sold annually, according to a company spokeswoman.
Thank you, Mr. Goerke, for those disgustingly satisfying Spaghetti-Os sandwich that I enjoyed in my tween years.
