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Creator of Stove Top Stuffing Dies
AP (Almost Pravda) ^
| 11/23/2005
| Ryan Lenz
Posted on 11/23/2005 12:20:08 PM PST by Red Badger
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Ruth M. Siems, a home economist who helped create Stove Top stuffing, a Thanksgiving favorite that will be on dinner tables across the country this year, has died at 74.
Siems, who worked for General Foods for more than 30 years, died Nov. 13 in Newburgh, Ind., after suffering a heart attack in her home.
Siems helped develop Stove Top in 1971 while working at General Foods' technical center in White Plains, N.Y. She was listed first among four inventors when the patent was awarded in 1975 for the quick and easy way of making stuffing without actually stuffing a turkey.
Kraft Foods, which now owns the Stove Top brand, sells about 60 million boxes each year around Thanksgiving. The five-minute stuffing comes in several flavors, including turkey, chicken and beef.
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As a member of the research and development staff for General Foods, Siems helped find the ideal bread crumb size for making instant stuffing with the same texture as the real thing, said her brother, David Siems.
Siems grew up in Evansville and graduated from Purdue University in 1953 with a home economics degree. She later took a job at a General Foods plant in Indiana, researching flour and angel food cake mixes.
She retired in 1985 and settled in a historic house in Newburgh, near Evansville.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: food; stovetopstuffing; thanksgiving; turkey
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On the day before Thanksgiving.....
To: Red Badger
May she rest in peace. I love her creation.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:21:19 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: Red Badger
4
posted on
11/23/2005 12:21:49 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: No Blue States
I tried it once and no one would eat it. Pure salt.
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:22:10 PM PST
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: Red Badger
Then - stuffing in a box.
Now - stuff her in a box.
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:22:19 PM PST
by
Sax
To: Red Badger
Creator of Stove Top Stuffing DiesGrind her up and put her in.
"Stove Top Stuffing -- now with 20% more PEOPLE."
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:22:20 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(When life gives you lemons, kick it in the shins and take its wallet.)
To: Lazamataz
8
posted on
11/23/2005 12:22:58 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Nightshift
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:23:05 PM PST
by
tutstar
(Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
"To Serve Man", by Betty Crocker.
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:23:42 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(When life gives you lemons, kick it in the shins and take its wallet.)
To: Red Badger
Nah, they just released the story before Thanksgiving for more impact...
"Siems, who worked for General Foods for more than 30 years, died Nov. 13 in Newburgh, Ind."
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:23:44 PM PST
by
Serb5150
(P!ss off a liberal - wish them a Merry Christmas.)
To: No Blue States
Me too. May Mrs. Siems enjoy many great Thanksgiving dinners at God's dinner table.
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:24:25 PM PST
by
jpl
To: Sax
LOL! You bad..............(so am I though for laughing I guess).
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:24:35 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
To: Red Badger
Also here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527409/posts
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:25:10 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Serb5150
But was it planned that way?........
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:25:21 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
To: Red Badger
think they'll have her mounted and stuffed?
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:25:27 PM PST
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1800 replies and not a single post!)
To: Sax
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:25:47 PM PST
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: b4its2late; duckman
Yeah, the thought came to mind and I almost censored it. Almost. All in the name of humor. Cheers!
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:27:35 PM PST
by
Sax
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/23/2005 12:30:07 PM PST
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: pipecorp
think they'll have her mounted and stuffed?
Worked for this guy:
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