Next it's new white chocolate M&Ms. I checked and it actually is white chocolate inside, not the sweetened palm oil clumps you find in Pilsbury cookies that try to pass themselves off as white chocolate. These things are very good. I highly recommend that you pick up a bag. My new M&M recipe is as follows:
Empty contents of one large bag of regular chocolate plain M&Ms into a bowl. Empty contents of one large bag of white chocolate M&Ms in the same bowl. Mix. Enjoy. I call this "Bill's Famous Polka Dot M&M recipe".
Is the apostrophe in M&M's correct? Discuss.
ReplyDeleteDidn't find much reference in the M&M History URL: Who would have guessed that the idea for M&M'S® Plain Chocolate Candies was hatched against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War? Legend has it that, while on a trip to Spain, Forrest Mars Sr. encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate encased in a hard sugary coating. This prevented it from melting. Inspired by this idea, Mr. Mars went back to his kitchen and invented the recipe for M&M'S® Plain Chocolate Candies.
ReplyDeleteM&M'S® Chocolate Candies were first sold in 1941, and soon became a favorite of the American GIs serving in World War II. Packaged in cardboard tubes, they were sold to the military as a convenient snack that traveled well in any climate. By the late 1940s, they were widely available to the public, who gave them an excellent reception. In 1948, their packaging changed from a tube form to the characteristic brown pouch we know today
Strunk & White would suggest no apostrophe. But look at the sentence "Tammie's mommy made a mess." It clearly has more m's than one would like. One place to look for an answer would be the recent bestseller "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves". I couldn't find my copy. Perhaps we should reserve judgement, or even allow each writer to make his or her own choice.
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