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3 weeks agoJiffy corn muffin mix is a Thanksgiving staple made by a 137-year-old company
HOLMES: The flour-milling business was created by Harmon S. Holmes. ULABY: His great-great-grandfather. HOLMES: And then there's Howard Samuel Holmes, and then Howard Sumner Holmes. ULABY: His grandfather. His dad is also Howard Holmes, and so is his baby boy. But great-grandmother Mabel invented Jiffy corn bread mix during the Great Depression. Jiffy mix cost 10 cents a box back then. Right now, 50 cents at Walmart. That old-fashioned package, says Holmes, sells itself.
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