March 1, 2002

Chicken-of-Tomorrow

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I moved more snow today, getting the resort ready for new guests.  Brian and Dana (that's right, Dana!) drove all of the way from Trenton, MI to snowmobile in Alger County.  Temperatures have dipped into the single digits the past few nights.  The National Weather Service is predicting 8 to 16 inches of new snow over the next couple of days.

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The 1950s soon became "the Golden Age of Food Processing," in the words of historian Harvey Levenstein, a decade in which one marvelous innovation after another promised to simplify the lives of American housewives: frozen orange juice, frozen TV dinners, the Chicken-of-Tomorrow, "Potato salad from a package!" Cheese Whiz, Jell-O salads, Jet-Puffed Marshmallows, Miracle Whip.
. . . Ad campaigns made processed foods seem better than fresh ones, more space-age and up to date.  According to Levenstein, many restaurants proudly displayed their canned soups, and a chain called Tad's 30 Varieties of Meals featured frozen dinners on its menu.  Customers at Tad's cooked the frozen meals at tableside microwave ovens.

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