When were potato flakes invented?

Question

curious... i guess

who invented them? when? how?

and do you prefer real potatoes or the dehydrated type?

to answer my own question....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_flakes

wow i'd have to say that was pathetic..... i already posted the answer website...
people these days... but i wont go there

Answer 1

Probably by Better Crocker (Hungry Man) in the 1940's .... do a Wilkipedia search

I prefer REAL, FRESH homemade mashed potatoes, but have been known to thicken stews w/ potato flakes.

Answer 2

Actually, Flake-form instant mashed potatoes date back at least to 1954, when two United States Department of Agriculture researchers were issued a patent for "Drum drying of cooked mashed potatoes" (U.S. Patent 2,759,832 ), which describes the end product specifically being "as a thin sheet or flake".

In 1962, Canadian scientist Edward A. Asselbergs was issued U.S. Patent 3,260,607 , entitled "Preparation of dehydrated cooked mashed potato", for a particular industrial method of producing the product.


And, I prefer dehydrated for my mashed taters. But, when I'm cooking a soup involving potatoes, I like the real ones =)