Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good (Excerpt) 11/27/2010 0 Schlosser, Eric. "Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good (Excerpt)." 26 March 2010. pbs.org. 26 November 2010 <pbs.org/pov/.../fastfoodnation_01.php>.
This is the story of Schlosser's visit to J.R Simplot and his potatoe plant in Aberdeen, Idaho. This is the site that provides the frozen french fries for McDonald's food chain. At sixteen Simplot began potatoe farming and eventually turned it into an empire. The plant runs 310 day a year, 24 hours a day turning potatoes into french fries and making Simplot one of the richest men in the united states.
In 1941 Simplot discovered a way to turn onions into powder that he would later call gold dust. Then in the mid forties he and his chemists devised a way to flash frreze french fries and by 1953 they were selling all across the United States. The decreased cost of frozen french fries appealed to McDonald's because the profit margin soared and they struck a deal with Simplot in 1965 that was sealed with only a handshake.
This is the story of Schlosser's visit to J.R Simplot and his potatoe plant in Aberdeen, Idaho. This is the site that provides the frozen french fries for McDonald's food chain. At sixteen Simplot began potatoe farming and eventually turned it into an empire. The plant runs 310 day a year, 24 hours a day turning potatoes into french fries and making Simplot one of the richest men in the united states.
In 1941 Simplot discovered a way to turn onions into powder that he would later call gold dust. Then in the mid forties he and his chemists devised a way to flash frreze french fries and by 1953 they were selling all across the United States. The decreased cost of frozen french fries appealed to McDonald's because the profit margin soared and they struck a deal with Simplot in 1965 that was sealed with only a handshake.
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