They started out as scraps for cattle. Now 70 million pounds of tater tots are eaten every year by people. How did that happen? Let’s go back to mid twentieth century. Times were rough – the Great Depression had been followed by World War Two. There were shortages, rations, and struggles to make ends meet. Mormon brothers Nephi and Golden Grigg grew up during those tough times. They survived by growing potatoes and corn on their Idaho farms – like most of their neighbors. The brothers lived by the proverb, waste not, want not. By 1951 things changed. Prosperity returned. Frozen produce was in demand. Americans bought 800 million pounds of frozen foods in 1945-6 alone. The Grigg brothers wanted in. French fries ruled
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