{"id":37132,"date":"2015-06-09T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=37132"},"modified":"2015-06-08T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:30:06","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-is-there-seawater-in-that-taffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2015\/uncommon-knowledge-is-there-seawater-in-that-taffy\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Is there seawater in that taffy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/salt-water-taffy?source=blog_UK_150609\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/26426_SaltWaterTaffySet.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Water Taffy | UncommonGoods\" width=\"620\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nope, sorry. It has been widely agreed upon that Saltwater Taffy\u2019s origins come from the mind of a business-savvy candy maker, though the specifics remain a little murky. However, there is a Jersey Shore legend that seems pretty convincing:<\/p>\n<p>In 1883, a massive storm hit Atlantic City, clearing the boardwalk of many businesses. Most remaining storefronts were flooded, including a candy shop owned by David Bradley. When a girl came by the shop to buy some taffy after the storm, Bradley looked around the watery store and joked, \u201cAll I have is salt water taffy.\u201d His mother overheard the exchange and suggested that it was a catchy name. It was eventually picked up by other vendors in Atlantic City, and then adopted by other vendors in coastal towns. Talk about a name that sticks! Ba-dum-chhh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/salt-water-taffy?source=blog_UK_150609\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Water Taffy, $6.50<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens in Atlantic City doesn&#8217;t necessarily stay in Atlantic City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":37135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37139,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37132\/revisions\/37139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}