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Fun Food & Kitchen
Trivia — Great
Moments
in Kitchen History
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Check out when some of your favorite
foods, products, appliances, and institutions hit the scene. |
| 1825 |
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Tin Can |
| 1840 |
Gas Stove |
| 1853 |
Potato Chips |
| 1855 |
Safety Match |
| 1858 |
Mason Jar |
| 1859 |
The Great Atlantic
and
Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) |
| 1868 |
Underwood Deviled
Ham,
Tabasco Sauce, Fleishmann's Yeast |
| 1869 |
Pillsbury Flour |
| 1876 |
Heinz Ketchup |
| 1877 |
Quaker Oats |
| 1879 |
Flat-bottom Grocery
Bag |
| 1886 |
Coca-Cola sold as
a tonic in an Atlanta pharmacy,
Maxwell House Coffee |
| 1889 |
Aunt Jemima Pancake
Mix |
| 1891 |
Electric Oven |
| 1896 |
S&H Green Stamps |
| 1897 |
Campbell's Condensed
Soup |
| 1904 |
Peanut Butter, Hamburgers,
Ice Cream Cones, and Iced Tea introduced at St. Louis World's
Fair |
| 1906 |
Pure Food and Drug
Act
(first federal law protecting America's food supply), Kellogg's Corn
Flakes |
| 1907 |
Paper Towels |
| 1908 |
Tea Bag, Disposable
Paper Cup |
| 1911 |
Crisco |
| 1912 |
Oreos, Hellman's Blue
Ribbon Mayonnaise |
| 1913 |
Brillo Pad |
| 1914 |
Electric Range |
| 1915 |
Pyrex |
| 1916 |
Mechanical Home
Refrigerators, Self-Service Food Market |
| 1917 |
Marshmallow Fluff |
| 1919 |
Pop-up Toaster,
Kitchen Aid Home Electric Mixer |
| 1921 |
Wonder Bread |
| 1923 |
Drano |
| 1924 |
Wheaties |
| 1925 |
Jolly Green Giant
Canned Peas |
| 1926 |
Safeway Stores |
| 1927 |
Kool-Aid |
| 1928 |
Gerber Baby Food |
| 1930 |
Formica Tabletop, Hostess
Twinkies, Birds Eye Frozen Foods |
| 1931 |
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Electric Can Opener,
Bisquick, Irma Rombauer's "The Joy of Cooking" |
| 1932 |
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Fritos, Electric Garbage
Disposal, Ritz Crackers |
| 1936 |
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General Electric front-loading
dishwasher |
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| 1937 |
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Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Spam |
| 1939 |
Copper-bottom
Revere Ware |
| 1941 |
M&Ms, Cheerios |
| 1942 |
Dannon Yogurt |
| 1945 |
Tupperware |
| 1947 |
Two-door Refrigerator-Freezer combination,
Betty Crocker Cake Mix, Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil, Ajax Cleanser |
| 1948 |
Reddi-wip Whipped Cream |
| 1952 |
Saran Wrap |
| 1953 |
Low-cost Aerosol Can, Swanson Turkey Dinner |
| 1954 |
Butterball Turkey |
| 1955 |
First of the McDonald's franchise opens in
Des Plaines, Illinois |
| 1956 |
Toaster Oven |
| 1957 |
Sweet'N Low, Tang |
| 1958 |
Rice-A-Roni, first Pizza Hut opens in Wichita |
| 1961 |
Julia Child's "Mastering the Art
of French Cooking" |
| 1963 |
Self-Cleaning Oven,
Pull-Tab Can,
Weight Watchers |
| 1964 |
Buffalo Wings |
| 1965 |
Shake 'n Bake, Gatorade |
| 1967 |
Compact Microwave Oven |
| 1968 |
McDonald's Big Mac |
| 1970 |
Hamburger Helper |
| 1972 |
Top Ramen |
| 1973 |
Cuisinart Home Food Processor |
| 1974 |
Electronic Supermarket Scanner |
| 1978 |
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream |
| 1981 |
Yukon Gold Potatoes, Stouffer's Lean Cuisine |
| 1982 |
Diet Coke |
| 1985 |
Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn |
| 1989 |
Bagged Salad |
| 1990 |
Dolphin-safe Tuna |
| 1993 |
The Food Network |
| 1998 |
Grape Tomatoes |
| 2000 |
Heinz Green Ketchup |
| 2002 |
Tear-free Onions |
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