Is it true spinach was the first frozen vegetable to be sold?

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Yes. In 1929 Birdseye sold his company and patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs and the Postum Company, which eventually became General Foods Corporation, and which founded the Birds Eye Frosted Food Company. Birdseye continued to work with the company, developing frozen food technology. In 1930 the company began sales experiments in 18 retail stores around Springfield, Massachusetts to test consumer acceptance of quick-frozen foods. The initial product line featured 26 items, including 18 cuts of frozen meat, spinach and peas, a variety of fruits and berries, blue point oysters, and fish fillets. Interestingly, in an early experiment in freezing vegetables, Birdseye, in order to provide fresh vegetables to his family in this remote area, froze cabbage for later use. http://www.birdseyefoods.com/corp/about/clarenceBirdseye.asp http://www.foodreference.com/html/ffrozenfood.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Birdseye Jul 22 08, 9:00 PM