Saturday, May 16, 2020

Tumblr Thread: Hidden Significance Of Ratatouille's Chef Boyardee Scene


This quick and fun Tumblr thread highlights the hidden significance of the Chef Boyardee scene in Ratatouille. You can learn something new every day. Pretty cool that the movie incorporated an important part of history. A fair number of folks would otherwise assume that Chef Boyardee was a historical mascot. Thus is not the case! 

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Movie - inkbleederwolf---edl g furr-foxsake Follow Gusteau has finally found his rightful place in history, right alongside another equally famous chef Monsieur Boyardee.

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Text - upontheshelfreviews There's a hidden level of brilliance in this moment: Chef Boyardee is known today for his cheap out-of-the-can pasta, but in his native Italy he was a renowned expert chef. He was reduced to the face of microwaveable eateries after his death. Sound like anyone else from this movie?

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Text - ketchuprocket Chef Ettore Boiardi, known today as Chef Hector Boyardee, was a key player in keeping poverty struck families fed for a low price, before he ever came out with the canned pasta line. He would jar his sauce in milk bottles and provide bags of dry noodles for families in Cleveland, Ohio's Little Italy sector. It was during the Depression, and pasta could be made in large portions at a low cost. This was the start of his venture. After years of success, he eventually opened his

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Text - jabberwockypie I had thought he was a fictionalized mascot, like Aunt Jemima or Betty Crocker, but this is really interesting. "Proud of his Italian heritage, Boiardi sold his products under the brand name Chef Boy-Ar-Dee so that his American customers could pronounce his name properly." And if you have a name that isn't "standard" in America, that is a Mood. Source: queentianas 121,411 notes

5. Here's the clip!

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