Michigan produces 250,000 pounds of potatoes for Frito Lay! [I read this on a billboard that I drive by almost every day.]
This from the Michigan Agricultural web page [MDA]: "We’re not the BIGGEST potato producer in the United States—we’re tenth. Yet Michigan grows a special kind of potatoes—Snowden, Pike, Atlantic and Frito-Lay varieties most commonly used for chips. Three quarters of Michigan’s potato crop is used for potato chips. And potato chips are America’s most popular snack food.
So here comes one more monster fact: Michigan is the largest producer in the United States of potatoes used for potato chips. Envision millions and millions of potatoes growing in Michigan fields. It takes monster equipment and monster production techniques to make the millions and zillions of chips for Super Bowl celebration and for all year round. Potato chips are an American invention, and Michigan has a special role in helping that invention take top honors as America’s most beloved snack."
So here comes one more monster fact: Michigan is the largest producer in the United States of potatoes used for potato chips. Envision millions and millions of potatoes growing in Michigan fields. It takes monster equipment and monster production techniques to make the millions and zillions of chips for Super Bowl celebration and for all year round. Potato chips are an American invention, and Michigan has a special role in helping that invention take top honors as America’s most beloved snack."
Isn't that fascinating? And you thought all we did was make automobiles & cereal! ;)
1 comments:
I used the original frito chips in my world famous taco salad this past weekend...love them lil guys!!!
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