Clarence Birdseye, who, in the 1920s, developed techniques for flash freezing food.

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If America hadn't gone to war, a man named Birdseye wouldn't have figured out he could preserve food for our troops by flash freezing it in cold water.

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In 1916, Clarence Birdseye perfected the flash-freezing process (and Birds Eye potato puffs).

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