The father of the modern frozen food industry

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21 points·yarapavan··7 comments

>But the industry’s chief pioneer is hardly a household name.

Actually the name (in slightly different form) is probably reasonably familiar to many people even if they don't know it was a person given that Birds Eye is a big international brand of frozen food, vegetables in particular.

I didn't even bother to click the link, because I already knew who they were talking about. And the only reason I remember is because of all the frozen veg named after him.

It's generational. I grew up with Clarence Birdseye commercials so I immediately knew who they were talking about from the article title. Who says you can't learn anything from TV?

https://youtu.be/HM65j-w0uYw

Although I'm probably of the right generation I don't remember these. I learned who he was a few years ago when a friend of mine (I think) read a biography about him; he was apparently a pretty interesting character. And he came up again in the context of research for a book I was writing.

Does anyone know where to read up about advancements and more modern techniques on food preservation?

There’s an NPR money on storing NY apples for year round consumption by optimizing temperature, gassed and maybe pressure.

Also look into gamma irradiation.

Finally, for shelf life, sterilization by autoclave (ie: pressure cooker).

Lyophilization never really took off outside of pharma except for some ice cream products.

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