Although Eric Schlosser’s book was published in 2001 there is no argument that great tasting fries are only growing in popularity across the globe. Potatoes are notoriously easy to grow and can be grown almost anywhere with just a sack, some seed potatoes, and some good soil. There are hundreds of ways potatoes can be prepared with fries being one of them. J.R. Simplot was a brilliant man that saw potential in farming potatoes, even before becoming a farmer he made good money working nine to ten hours a day for 30 cents an hour, buying scrips1 from teachers for 50 cents on the dollar and then selling them to banks for 90 cents. The excerpt begins in 1909 and ends in present day America. The author – Eric Schlosser – successfully summarizes
