Many sports have associated with them a song known to fans,
and perhaps even a specific food. At Wimbledon, one eats strawberries and cream
and sings God Save The Queen. At a baseball game, you eat hot dogs and peanuts
in the shell Cracker Jack and sing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.” To sing it,
one stands up during the seventh inning stretch and raises one’s voice with
gusto.
Boxes of Cracker Jack are considered the first junk food and
used to come with a small prize inside the box. Nowadays the prize is made of
paper to avoid becoming a choking hazard.
Here is a recipe for Cracker Jack from 1919 — a year of
infamy in baseball.
