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Frozen dinner
- In 1939, Birdseye started a version of the tv dinner - a single dish, not a complete meal.
- In 1945, Maxson Food Systems created the first complete frozen meal for US Military aeroplane passengers. The meal included pieces of meat, a vegetable and a snack.
- In 1954, a Swedish immigrant Carl A. Swanson launched Swanson TV Dinners - a roast turkey, cornbread dressing, sweet potatoes, and buttered peas in trays that separated into three compartments, keeping the food from blending together.
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Birdseye sells nutritious frozen foods
On 3 July 1924, Birdseye knew he could use his freezing techniques and started a new venture, General Seafoods, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a hub of commercial fishing.
In 1930, Birdseye expanded his products to include other frozen foods such as peas, spinach, raspberries, loganberries, ...
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The invention of food freezing
Food-freezing techniques were one of the more important inventions in culinary history. First, a slower rate of freezing food was used, but it resulted in poor food quality when the food was thawed.
Clarence Frank Birdseye introduced the quick-freezing method in 192...
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The indigenous Inuit first used quick freezing
While working with the indigenous Inuit, Birdseye observed that when the native caught fish in fifty below zero weather, the fish froze stiff as soon as they were taken out of the water. When the fish was later thawed, Birdseye noticed it was just as delicious as when it was fres...
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