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Modern Marvels The Future of Food

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Ed Pawlowski

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Apr 2, 2021, 8:52:44 PM4/2/21
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I'm watching last Sunday's episode of Modern Marvels The Future of Food

The episode is about the future of food being researched at the US Army
Labs in Natick, MA It not only shows the future but much history and
how the Army came up with processes used in out commercial foods.

Dehydrated cheese eventually became Cheetos, potatoes became Pringles.
Box cake mixes was patented in 1933 by someone that had a surplus of
molasses and found a use for it.
Also they show how the McEib came to be.

It repeats on Sunday, 4/11 at 5 PM so set your DVR. New episodes on
Sunday at 10 PM

This Sunday is a marathon of The Food that Built America.
History Channel

GM

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Apr 2, 2021, 9:34:27 PM4/2/21
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WW II was a huge impetus for the development of new food technologies...

In 1939 the US Army @ less than 200K troops was 19th in size, smaller than Portugal's, in a few years we had around 16 million troops and support personnel waging war around the globe. This was a MASSIVE logistical effort to feed and supply our troops (and assist allies such as the UK and USSR)...new methods of freezing/freeze - drying, vitamin enrichment, preparing food mixes/concentrates, etc. were employed. Despite much chaos, we worked miracles in getting food where it was needed...

Luck was with us -- we had bumper crops throughout the war, and despite rationing Americans ate more and better than ever... after the war we fed our friends and former enemies Germany and Japan...

A Soviet commander once said, "Without American Spam, Studebaker trucks and the DC-3 Dakota plane we would have lost the war..."

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jmcquown

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Apr 3, 2021, 12:18:19 AM4/3/21
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That's fun stuff, thanks Ed. Seems like the Food that Built America
series is reruns, though.

Jill

Dr. Bruce

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Apr 3, 2021, 12:20:06 AM4/3/21
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 00:18:13 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Is it about fast food?

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Hank Rogers

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Apr 3, 2021, 12:51:37 AM4/3/21
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Nope, it's about ass sniffing. You'll *LOVE* it.


GM

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Apr 3, 2021, 9:36:53 AM4/3/21
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Lol...!!!

O:-)

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Greg

songbird

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Apr 3, 2021, 10:43:15 AM4/3/21
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> This Sunday is a marathon of The Food that Built America.
> History Channel

should be called The Food That Made People Sick and Obese.


songbird

Gary

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Apr 3, 2021, 11:42:18 AM4/3/21
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I tried to watch that a few years ago when it was new but found it slow
and boring. A condensed version of each might have been better.



jmcquown

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Apr 3, 2021, 11:54:32 AM4/3/21
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I'm not sick or obese but then again, I enjoy cooking. Not everyone
does. The series is more about the impacts of competing companies and
brands (Campbell's Soup vs. Heinz) as things changed over the years.
It's not intended to be a treatise on what's good or healthy for us.

I didn't grow up eating in restaurants or gping to fast food joints. A
"TV dinner" was a rare treat in the 1960's. A couple of Swanson chicken
dinners in tinfoil trays heated in the oven (yes, eaten on TV trays in
front of the television once a year when my parents went to the Marine
Corps Ball) didn't kill us. Nor did it make me want to buy and eat
crappy food later in life.

It's an informative series and fun to watch. YMMV.

Jill

Ed Pawlowski

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Apr 3, 2021, 12:28:32 PM4/3/21
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On 4/3/2021 11:41 AM, Gary wrote:

>>>
>>> It repeats on Sunday, 4/11 at 5 PM so set your DVR.  New episodes on
>>> Sunday at 10 PM
>>>
>>> This Sunday is a marathon of The Food that Built America.
>>> History Channel
>>
>> That's fun stuff, thanks Ed.  Seems like the Food that Built America
>> series is reruns, though.
>
> I tried to watch that a few years ago when it was new but found it slow
> and boring. A condensed version of each might have been better.
>
>
>
Should have watched last Sunday. It was about condensed soup.

Sheldon Martin

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Apr 3, 2021, 12:47:02 PM4/3/21
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:42:18 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:
Sounds like you're describing yourself. Not everyone eats like you.
Growing up we very rarely ate restaurant food. My mother and father
were both excellent cooks, they prepared most meals at home... or we
ate school cafeteria food... school lunches were quite nutritious...
far better than today's fast food joints.

Dr. Bruce

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Apr 3, 2021, 1:46:57 PM4/3/21
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:46:57 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:42:18 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>...
>>> This Sunday is a marathon of The Food that Built America.
>>> History Channel
>>
>> should be called The Food That Made People Sick and Obese.
>>
>> songbird
>
>Sounds like you're describing yourself. Not everyone eats like you.

Maybe it doesn't apply to you but wouldn't the French call the US "The
Land of the Fat People" for a reason?

Hank Rogers

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Apr 3, 2021, 2:01:01 PM4/3/21
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Dr. Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:46:57 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:42:18 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> This Sunday is a marathon of The Food that Built America.
>>>> History Channel
>>>
>>> should be called The Food That Made People Sick and Obese.
>>>
>>> songbird
>>
>> Sounds like you're describing yourself. Not everyone eats like you.
>
> Maybe it doesn't apply to you but wouldn't the French call the US "The
> Land of the Fat People" for a reason?
>

The french call netherlands the land of the butt sniffers.




GM

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Apr 3, 2021, 2:53:22 PM4/3/21
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On 03 Apr 2021, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com> wrote in
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Pamela

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Apr 3, 2021, 3:25:19 PM4/3/21
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 23:51:29 -0500, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com>
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LOL. He will!
>

Pamela

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Apr 3, 2021, 3:27:08 PM4/3/21
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 13:00:54 -0500, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com>
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lol! Stupid bicycle riding, clog wearing dyke lovers. They're all the
same.

jmcquown

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Apr 3, 2021, 5:46:14 PM4/3/21
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Yep, the introduction of Campbell's condensed Tomtato Soup convinced
Heinz to get into the market with Cream of Tomato and something called
(oh goody) 'Cream of Pea'. ;) Mass produced canned food was a new thing
and not always safe.

Jill

Richard John

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Apr 8, 2021, 12:23:29 PM4/8/21
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https://www.zlpackindustrial.com/

Dr. Bruce

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Apr 8, 2021, 3:04:12 PM4/8/21
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Nobody asked for your input. Fuck off.

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bruce bowser

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Apr 12, 2021, 2:07:31 PM4/12/21
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I wonder if V8 was around back then?

Cindy Hamilton

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Apr 12, 2021, 2:13:30 PM4/12/21
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Apparently you don't really want to know. The information is available with
a casual search.

Cindy Hamilton

dsi1

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Apr 12, 2021, 2:20:04 PM4/12/21
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My guess is it was after the introduction of the Ford flathead V8. That would have been a brilliant marketing move.
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