Meet the American who cooked up frozen foods, adventurer and innovator Clarence Birdseye
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Prolific inventor Clarence Birdseye, a native of Brooklyn, found inspiration to pioneer frozen food for American consumers in the remote icy wilderness of Labrador, Canada.
Birdseye ate anything that walked, waddled, chirped, crawled, swam or slithered. "Birdseye was a product of the industrial revolution and thought everything, including food, should be industrialized." — author Mark Kurlansky Birdseye's patented flash-freezing process ensured that "the pristine qualities and flavors of the product are retained." "We can say that Clarence Birdseye has indirectly improved both the health and convenience of virtually everyone in the industrialized world" Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
He was in fact a college dropout. The slight, narrow-shouldered free spirit instead lived a life of adventure. He explored remote areas of the world, from the frigid coast of Newfoundland to the steamy sugarcane plantations of South America.
Humble-looking ol' Clarence craved the outdoors and loved hunting.