Speaking of whoopie pies, among anecdotes that have surfaced is this one worth sharing with Plating Up readers.

One Maine gentleman who hinted at being in his seventies wrote me to say that the original whoopie pie
were made, shockingly enough, in Massachusetts by the Berwick Cake Company.  They were distributed by the Bangor Baking Company who made Mother’s bead, donuts,  as well as hot dogs and hamburger rolls.

He said, “My memory takes me back over seven decades when a boy could buy a Whoopie Pie and a bottle of Moxie for about 25¢ and share it with his best girl. The object was to see who was going to laugh at the other that had whipped cream all over their face which would be remembered for many days.”

Further he wrote: “MORAL: You can stop a clock but you can not stop time.”

Nor apparently, whoopie pies.

Sandy Oliver, Food Historian, Author, MF&L columnist: The Way Things Were