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CHAPTER SUMMARY AND NOTES
PART II - MEAT AND POTATOES
CHAPTER 5 - WHY THE FRIES
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This chapter begins
at the J.R. Simplot Plant in Aberdeen, Idaho. J.R. Simplot was born in 1909 and
grew up working on his family’s farm in Idaho. When he dropped out of school and
left home at fifteen, he found work in a potato house. By age sixteen, he was
a potato farmer. Soon, Simplot was buying, selling, and sorting potatoes--eventually
becoming the largest shipper of potatoes in the West. During World War II, Simplot
made a fortune selling dried onions and potatoes to the American military. Following
the war, Simplot invested in frozen food technology and, in the 1950s, began selling
frozen french fries to McDonalds. Ray Kroc described the frozen french fry as
“almost sacrosanct.”
Today the french fry business is more competitive, with three major companies controlling the market...........
Notes
In this chapter, Schlosser
is concerned with the food, itself. Focusing particularly on the french fry, Schlosser
illustrates how the potato is manufactured and what contributes to its flavor.
He contextualized fast-food french fries within the history of ...........
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