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Today is a momentous day in history for it is the day on which Clarence Frank Birdseye II patented his method for fast-freezing food.
While working in Labrador this Brooklyn born scientist observed that fish pulled from the ice by the Inuit natives froze almost instantly and that when they were thawed they tasted fresh and had retained their texture. After much experimentation, he finally came up with a method that would freeze fish instantly between two metal plates and went on to do the same thing with meat, poultry, fruit, and vegetables.
In 1929, Birdseye sold his company to what eventually became General Foods Corporation and which founded the Birds Eye Frozen Food Company. The first product line featured 26 items, including eighteen cuts of frozen meat, spinach and peas, a variety of fruits and berries, blue point oysters, and fish fillets. He died in 1956 at the age of 69.
Just think what life would be like without Birdseye and his frozen foods!
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Today is a momentous day in history for it is the day on which Clarence Frank Birdseye II patented his method for fast-freezing food.
While working in Labrador this Brooklyn born scientist observed that fish pulled from the ice by the Inuit natives froze almost instantly and that when they were thawed they tasted fresh and had retained their texture. After much experimentation, he finally came up with a method that would freeze fish instantly between two metal plates and went on to do the same thing with meat, poultry, fruit, and vegetables.
In 1929, Birdseye sold his company to what eventually became General Foods Corporation and which founded the Birds Eye Frozen Food Company. The first product line featured 26 items, including eighteen cuts of frozen meat, spinach and peas, a variety of fruits and berries, blue point oysters, and fish fillets. He died in 1956 at the age of 69.
Just think what life would be like without Birdseye and his frozen foods!
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