Thursday, April 2, 2015

Heinz and Kraft Brands-- Part 4: Claussen Pickles and Lea & Perrins

CLAUSSEN PICKLES

The Chicago staple started in 1870, when farmer Claus Claussen Sr. turned a bumper crop of cucumbers into pickles.

In the 1960s, the founder's great-grandson, Ed Claussen, helped create their touted crunchy version, know for being sold in the refrigerated section.

LEA & PERRINS

The famous Worcestershire sauce probably began as a mistake.

Chemists Lea and Perrins regarded it as a mistake and put it in a cellar.  The key ingredient turned out to be time.  Years later, they gave it a taste and there it was.  That famous taste.

It became a part of Heinz in 2005.

And Bloody Marys Came to Be.  Say Worcestershire Sauce Ten Times Real Fast.  --DaCoot

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