But soon that would all change, thanks to this guy. Clarence Birdseye. He invented what we think of as frozen food, and it totally changed the way we eat. I find Clarence Birdseye fascinating.

After much experimentation, it took until the 1950s for the first frozen foods to become available in the U.S. While chefs ...

Collis, David J. "Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-074, February 1992. (Revised December 1994.) ...

As far back as the 1920s, Clarence Birdseye, of Birds Eye fame ... when domestic and commercial freezers became more affordable, that frozen food became popular. It's as nutritious as fresh ...