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Brownies (folklore)
Brownie, Browny, or brownies may refer to: Foods * Blondie (confection) * Chocolate brownie, a baked good People People with the given name * Brownie (given name) * Brownie Samukai, Minister of National Defence of Liberia * Brownie Wise (1913–1992), developer of the party plan system of marketing for Tupperware People with the surname * Cavell Brownie, American statistician Fictional characters * Brownie, a fictional character in ''Ace Combat 7 : Skies Unknown'' People with the nickname * Clifford Brown (1930–1956), American jazz trumpeter * Ernest Brown (dancer) (1916–2009), African-American tap dancer * Lewis Brown (rugby league) (born 1986), New Zealand footballer * Luke Brown (footballer, born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Michael D. Brown, U.S. undersecretary of emergency preparedness and response * Tim Brown (darts player) (born 1944), Australian darts player * Vernon Brown (musician) (1907–1979), American trombonist * Brownie Foreman (1875–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (confection)
A blondie, also known as a blonde brownie or butterscotch brownie, is a dessert bar originating in the United States. Rather than chocolate, blondies are based on brown sugar and vanilla, making them light in color. History Originally, the term "brownie" did not refer exclusively to chocolate brownies, but also included blondies. There is not total agreement on when the first "brownie", generally speaking, was invented, but the earliest known general brownie recipe to be recorded was by Fannie Farmer in 1896, based on molasses Molasses () is a viscous byproduct, principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction, and the age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is usuall .... Chocolate brownies became ubiquitous in the early 1900s, taking over the name, and by the mid-1900s molasses-based brownies were known as "blonde brownies", later shortened to "blondies". See also * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. Life and career McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. At about the age of four he contracted polio, which incapacitated his right leg. His brother Granville "Stick" McGhee, who also later became a musician and composed the song " Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee", was nicknamed for pushing young Brownie around in a cart. Their father, George McGhee, was a factory worker, known around University Avenue for playing guitar and singing. Brownie's uncle made him a guitar from a tin marshmallow box and a piece of board. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with a local harmony group, the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet, and teaching himself to play guitar. He also played the five-string banjo and ukulele and studied pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie, Kentucky
Brownie was an unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It eventually became part of Central City. Notable people *Don Everly, one half of the rock 'n roll duo, the Everly Brothers. References Unincorporated communities in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MuhlenbergCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossberg Brownie
The Mossberg Brownie is a four shot, .22 Long Rifle pistol, similar to a derringer or pepperbox, produced by O.F. Mossberg & Sons from 1920 to 1932.James, Gary. "Handguns". ''Guns & Ammo'', February 2003 The Brownie is based on an earlier pistol patented and licensed to the Shattuck Company by Oscar Mossberg. Design The pistol has a double-action trigger and a rotating firing pin. Each pull of the trigger cocks and releases the hammer as well as rotating the firing pin to fire each chamber in succession. A top-mounted latch released the barrel assembly to open forward. Mossberg provided a piece of bent sheet metal to extract spent casings. From 1986 to 1987, Advantage Arms produced the model 422 with many features of the Brownie. The Advantage Arms design was also produced in a .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire chambering, and models featured an internal extractor. Cobray also produced an odd revolver called the " Pocket Pal" that featured the same break action, layout, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie Chocolate Drink
Brownie Chocolate was a whey-based chocolate drink. History Produced from before the 1950s until the 2000s, Brownie Chocolate was similar to the better known Yoo-hoo beverage. Brownie is known to have been sold in Tennessee, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama. The drink could be found in machines along with Cheerwine and sometimes RC Cola RC Cola (short for Royal Crown Cola) is a carbonated cola beverage owned in the United States by Keurig Dr Pepper and internationally by RC Global Beverages, Inc. History In 1901, the Cole-Hampton-Hatcher Grocery Store was established in Col .... It could be purchased until around 2007, when it largely disappeared from store shelves. The can featured a Brownie elf on a surfboard on a wave of chocolate. References Chocolate drinks {{nonalcoholic-drink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol Brownie
The Bristol Type 91 Brownie was a light sports aircraft produced in the United Kingdom by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1924. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ... aircraft of conventional configuration with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. It won the £1,000 prize for second place at the Lympne light aircraft trials in October 1924. Design Bristol had not built an aircraft to compete in the 1923 Lympne light aircraft trials, which had been for aircraft with engines of 750 cc or less, making use of Bristol's Cherub engine impossible. The rules were changed for the 1924 trials, permitting engines of up to 1,100 cc to be used, and accordingly Frank Barnwell started desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie (camera)
The Brownie was a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900. It introduced the Snapshot (photography), snapshot to the masses by addressing the cost factor which had meant that amateur photography remained beyond the means of many people; the Pocket Kodak, for example, would cost most families in Britain nearly a whole month's wages. The Brownie was a basic Paperboard, cardboard box camera with a simple Lens (optics)#Types of simple lenses, convex-concave lens that took -inch square pictures on No. 117 roll film. It was conceived and marketed for sales of Kodak roll films. Because of its simple controls and initial price of US$1 (equivalent to $ in ) along with the low price of Kodak roll film and processing, the Brownie camera surpassed its marketing goal. Invention and etymology The Brownie was invented by Frank A. Brownell for the Eastman Kodak Company. Named after The Brownies, the Brownie characters popularised by the Canadian writer Palmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownies (company)
is a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded in 2012 by Shinichi Kameoka, who is best known for his work on the ''Mana'' series. He founded the company after leaving his previous studio, Brownie Brown, which had been restructured to become a development support studio for Nintendo and became 1-Up Studio the same day. Kameoka cited more freedom to create original works as his reason for starting Brownies. Kouji Tsuda, a co-founder and former artist at Brownie Brown, also joined the new company. Brownies' latest work as of 2023 is ''Egglia Rebirth'', released in 2021 for the Nintendo Switch The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the .... Games developed Notes References External linksOfficial website{{in lang, ja Brownie Brown games Video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brownies
''The Brownies'' is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children, ''The Brownies'' was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The Brownie characters became famous in their day, and they were the first North American comic characters to be internationally merchandised. Characters and story Brownies are little fairy- or goblin-like creatures who appear at night and make mischief and do helpful tasks. As published by Palmer Cox, they were based on Scottish folktales. Publication history The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879, but not until the February 1881 issue of '' Wide Awake'' magazine were the creatures printed in their final form. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownies (web Series)
Brownies is an independent comedy Web series, webseries created in 2012 by Farhan Arshad. The series centers around a South Asian protagonist (played by Arshad) who is on a documentary show about families that are trying to get their children marriage, married. During its first two months, the pilot episode reached over 178,000 views. According to Arshad, there are plans to make eight episodes per season, with an aim to do at least three seasons. Arshad said he created the series because he wanted to tell a story from the American Desi perspective. References External links New Desi Comedy Series “Brownies” Taking The Web By Storm *http://browngirlmagazine.com/2012/12/brownies-the-weirdest-shaadi-com-style-entry-ever-made/ {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020143241/http://browngirlmagazine.com/2012/12/brownies-the-weirdest-shaadi-com-style-entry-ever-made/ , date=2013-10-20 *https://web.archive.org/web/20130124102658/http://www.desiclub.com/community/cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownies (film)
''Brownies'' is a 2004 Indonesian film directed by Hanung Bramantyo. It is about a career woman who falls for an entrepreneur over their mutual love of Chocolate brownie, brownies. Plot Mel (Marcella Zalianty) is a young creative director at an advertising agency who is betrothal, engaged to Joe (Philip Jusuf). However, she catches him having sex with another woman and breaks off their relationship. This devastates Mel, who becomes incapable of bearing the sight of him and destroys their pictures together. For revenge she begins flirting with numerous men. However, her best friend Didi (Elmayana Sabrena) convinces her to not become like Joe. Didi takes her to a local café, where Are (Bucek Depp), an aspiring novelist, loans books and serves Chocolate brownie, brownies. Although Mel loves eating the chocolate confections, she cannot cook them well; Are, meanwhile, cooks delicious brownies but has not had them since his mother died. The two spend time together and eventually begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownie (sculpture)
''Brownie'' is a 1905 bronze sculpture of an elf in a pointed cap by Louis Amateis, installed at the Houston Zoo, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the first publicly owned sculptures in Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of .... See also * 1905 in art * List of public art in Houston References 1905 establishments in Texas 1905 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Texas Elves in popular culture Hermann Park Outdoor sculptures in Houston Statues in Houston {{Texas-sculpture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
