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'''Mary Spencer''' was the inventor and creator of a candy, still made today, called Gibralters. | '''Mary Spencer''' was the inventor and creator of a candy, still made today, called Gibralters. | ||
Part of the Spencer family from England, she was said to make her first batch | Part of the Spencer family from England, she was said to make her first batch in 1806 from a barrel of sugar donated to her. | ||
Gibralters can still be bought at Ye Olde Pepper Company on Derby Street in Salem. | Gibralters can still be bought at Ye Olde Pepper Company on Derby Street in Salem. | ||
Revision as of 09:09, 30 August 2011
Mary Spencer was the inventor and creator of a candy, still made today, called Gibralters. Part of the Spencer family from England, she was said to make her first batch in 1806 from a barrel of sugar donated to her.
Gibralters can still be bought at Ye Olde Pepper Company on Derby Street in Salem.
For more, see Gibralters
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Salem- Ye Olde Pepper Company
- Ye Olde Pepper Company Website
