Knott's Berry Farm - CoasterBuzz

Is there any connection between Knott's Berry Farm the amusement park, and the actual Knott's Berry Farm which grows fruits besides the name? I seem to remember that Cedar Fair purchased KBF the park, but didn't buy the food producing company, however I don't think this is right.

I ask this because on the new Banquet Dessert Bakes, it says that the fruit provided in the box comes from Knott's Berry Farm.

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Same family aspects at one time. Cedar Fair has nothing to do with the food company. They do carry the retail products in the shops. I even buy the stuff from time to time when shopping.

There is a number of farms that grow to Knott's specs. They are packaged in central facilities and distributed. If anyone knows of a farm, pipe up. This guy wants to know.

Walter Knott did invent the boysenberry on a side note. Woo-Hoo.

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"Step on that lapbar and make it nice and tight!"

And his wife invented Fried Chicken. ;)

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

I think she ate some too.

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"Step on that lapbar and make it nice and tight!"

I'm sure she did. ;) Before she came along, people ate the stuff raw...that's why they only lived to be 35.

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

janfrederick said:
And his wife invented Fried Chicken. ;)

Sadly, that was the only good thing to come of her secret love affair with Colonel Sanders.

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Beat me to it - darn you Chernabog! Actually wasn't he their son? ;) (highjacking anyone?)

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Its rumored that Col. Harlen Sanders was a breast man, So she filled the request.

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"Step on that lapbar and make it nice and tight!"

Yes, and it is rumored that a very jealous Walter caught them together one evening and tried, unsucessfully, to kill them. He felt so bad afterward, he built an amusement park.

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza
*** This post was edited by janfrederick 10/30/2003 10:03:07 AM ***

Walter was a thigh man himself, so she stayed in business.

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I get to send a thread back on topic, what do I win?

ConAgra foods seems to be the current owner of the "foods division" of Knott's, or at least they were as of the last Broward County Fair (last Thanksgiving).
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Mistakes were made, others are to blame...

I have too much time today. Staying out of the way of contractors in my house... Anyway, Conagra website lists Knotts as a brand, and has a bit of the story as well.

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rollergator said:
I get to send a thread back on topic, what do I win?

Jar of jam? Bucket of chicken? Knott's biography? ;)

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

A year's supply of asterisks...Gator *seems* to be running low.

rollergator said:
I get to send a thread back on topic, what do I win?

A bottle of No-Doz, so you can stay awake on coaster trips!

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When I was at PKD the Dennies across the street was selling Knotts Berry Farm jams!
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and...

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If I remember correctly, the restraunts at the one of Disneyland's hotels uses or used Knott's jams.

Ironic indeed. ;)

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Agent Johnson said:
Walter Knott did invent the boysenberry on a side note. Woo-Hoo.
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"Step on that lapbar and make it nice and tight!"

actually that is a common misconception...Walter Knott simply PERFECTED the boysenberry...he did not invent it...

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whatever. . . .he invinted it! ;)

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