After reading this article I am confused to find if frozen french fries are real potatoes or potatoes filled with chemicals? The article states, "Simplot’s chemists experimented with various methods for the mass production of french fries." What does this mean? What did they put in the french fries to make them taste better and cook faster? The article did not say what the chemists did. They only shared with us that Simplot grew and processed his own potatoes.
Here are some interesting facts I did find from the article:
"Ad campaigns made processed foods seem better than fresh ones, more space-age and up to date."
Surprise?
"French fries did not become well known in this country until the 1920s. Americans traditionally ate their potatoes boiled, mashed, or baked.
Today the typical American eats about forty-nine pounds of fresh potatoes every year—and more than thirty pounds of frozen french fries. Ninety percent of those fries are purchased at fast food restaurants."