Pour 1 4 cup of batter for each pancake onto the preheated lightly greased griddle. Allow batter to sit for 10 minutes. Combine water peanut butter and aunt jemima mix and whip until lumps disappear.
Preheat griddle to 375 degrees. The company s website said the logo started in 1890 and was based on nancy green a storyteller cook and missionary worker the aunt jemima brand was purchased by quaker oats in 1926. The brand s origin and logo is based off the song old aunt jemima from a minstrel show performer.
Aunt jemima s appearance has evolved over time. Lillian richard portrayed aunt jemima for 23 years starting in 1925 and now vera harris richard s second cousin is shocked that the character is being eliminated. The family of lillian richard spoke out this week after quaker oats announced last week that they were eliminating the more than 100 year old character from its packaging.
Vermeulen s facebook page showed a meme thursday that depicted the white mascot of quaker oats and aunt jemima which is a racial stereotype of a black woman in bed together under the phrase. Earlier this month quaker oats acknowledged that aunt jemima s origins were based on a racial stereotype of a mammy and announced that the company would be removing the image and name. Quaker oats has announced plans to rename their 130 year old aunt jemima brand in an effort to make progress toward racial equality in a statement wednesday via nbc news quaker oats.
A spokeswoman for pepsico owned quaker oats company told adweek that it recognized aunt jemima s origins are based on a racial stereotype and that the 131 year old name and image would be. John vermeulen a trump loving republican also posted an image depicting the mascots of aunt jemima and quaker oats in bed together under the caption can t we all get along. Nbc news reported the move is part of an effort by the company to make progress toward racial equality.
Wcmh quaker oats announced wednesday it will discontinue the aunt jemima brand. Cant we all just. Talk about being politically incorrect and shared another person s post of a meme depicting the aunt jemima and quaker oats brand mascots together in a bed with the saying.
