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Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour Origin Story Told
The tale recounts Aunt Jemima’s rise from plantation cook in Louisiana to fame across the South for her pancakes. After the Civil War she sells her recipe to the Aunt Jemima Mills, insisting on gold payment, then oversees development of a flour mix that makes pancakes easily with water and powdered milk already included.
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