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Merrell-Soule Company?
I am starting to catalog my cookbooks and recipe booklets on
librarything. I was just doing an entry for a Merrell-Soule Booklet and wonder if any of you have any information on them. They were located in Syracuse, New York, and products mentioned in the booklet are None Such Mince Meat, Klim Powdered Milk, Powdered Lemon Juice and Corn Syrup (they were calling it powdered lemon juice, but a picture of the can shows it is also corn syrup) The undated booklet contains a few interesting ideas, if you like mincemeat: mincemeat ice cream (hmm, I wonder whether one can just add some to softened vanilla ice cream), mincemeat baked custard, and mincemeat sandwich filling (1 pkg [size unknown] cream cheese, 3 Tbsps mincemeat, and enough mayo to produce a creamy consistency--use on whole wheat, nut, or brown bread). Oh! Using different search parameters, I found the following bit of a January 30, 1928 article in Time: "Milk, Mincemeat, Fruit Juice. The Borden business began in 1857 with Gail Borden's discovery of a method of condensing milk. The Borden Company is the present result. In 1927 it was the largest manufacturer of evaporated and condensed milk and the largest distributor of fluid milk and cream in the U. S. It also sold butter, eggs, malted milk, caramels. Recently it acquired ice cream factories. Added to Borden products by merger last week were dried whole milk (Klim and Parlac), dried skimmed milk (Merrell-Soule and Breadlac) mincemeat (None Such), dried orange and lemon juices—all products prepared by the Merrell-Soule Co., which has as subsidiaries the Merrell-Soule Co. of England and Canadian Milk Products Co. Ltd. Merrell-Soule is to dried milk what Borden is to condensed —originator and largest producer." That answers the question I had about the mincemeat. I wonder when the Merrell-Soule name stopped being used? -- Jean B. |
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"Jean B." > wrote in news:5ffrlmF3asuegU1
@mid.individual.net: > I am starting to catalog my cookbooks and recipe booklets on > librarything. I was just doing an entry for a Merrell-Soule > Booklet and wonder if any of you have any information on them. > They were located in Syracuse, New York, and products > mentioned in the booklet are None Such Mince Meat, Klim > Powdered Milk, Powdered Lemon Juice and Corn Syrup (they were > calling it powdered lemon juice, but a picture of the can > shows it is also corn syrup) > > The undated booklet contains a few interesting ideas, if you > like mincemeat: mincemeat ice cream (hmm, I wonder whether > one can just add some to softened vanilla ice cream), > mincemeat baked custard, and mincemeat sandwich filling (1 pkg > [size unknown] cream cheese, 3 Tbsps mincemeat, and enough > mayo to produce a creamy consistency--use on whole wheat, nut, > or brown bread). > > Oh! Using different search parameters, I found the following > bit of a January 30, 1928 article in Time: > > "Milk, Mincemeat, Fruit Juice. The Borden business began in > 1857 with Gail Borden's discovery of a method of condensing > milk. The Borden Company is the present result. In 1927 it was > the largest manufacturer of evaporated and condensed milk and > the largest distributor of fluid milk and cream in the U. S. > It also sold butter, eggs, malted milk, caramels. Recently it > acquired ice cream factories. Added to Borden products by > merger last week were dried whole milk (Klim and Parlac), > dried skimmed milk (Merrell-Soule and Breadlac) mincemeat > (None Such), dried orange and lemon juices—all products > prepared by the Merrell-Soule Co., which has as subsidiaries > the Merrell-Soule Co. of England and Canadian Milk Products > Co. Ltd. Merrell-Soule is to dried milk what Borden is to > condensed —originator and largest producer." > > That answers the question I had about the mincemeat. I wonder > when the Merrell-Soule name stopped being used? This site discussed industry in Syracuse: http://syracusethenandnow.org/Histor...racuseBoom.htm and says: Mincemeat G. Lewis Merrell and Oscar F. Soule, who started a company to can vegetables in 1868, later discovered a way to make low-moisture, marketable mincemeat from dry ingredients. Merrell-Soule Co.'s "None Such" brand mincemeat became a national success. The company later produced powdered milk, too. In 1904, Merrell-Soule built a five-story plant in Franklin Square. By the 1920s, the company had 26 factories and employed 900 people, about half of whom worked in Syracuse. Borden Inc. bought the company in 1928. There was a factory in Fayetteville, some postcard photos: http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.o..._Business.html And Ebay has some ads for various products, mentioning Frewsburg. The latest date, on a cursory glance, was 1931. This page: http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11...ntrol-13.shtml describes the Merrell-Soule process for drying milk. According to this site: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...n-Inc-Company- History.html Borden restructured in 1995 and divested itself of the dairy business, and it looks like "Klim" is still being produced and sold, by Nestle, who picked it up, along with Cremora, in 1998: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...e;-SA-Company- History.html None Such mincemeat is still around, too: http://www.eaglenonesuch.com/ (no ice cream recipe, tho'!) Interesting diversion on a hot evening! d. |
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enoavid wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in news:5ffrlmF3asuegU1 > @mid.individual.net: > >> I am starting to catalog my cookbooks and recipe booklets on >> librarything. I was just doing an entry for a Merrell-Soule >> Booklet and wonder if any of you have any information on them. >> They were located in Syracuse, New York, and products >> mentioned in the booklet are None Such Mince Meat, Klim >> Powdered Milk, Powdered Lemon Juice and Corn Syrup (they were >> calling it powdered lemon juice, but a picture of the can >> shows it is also corn syrup) >> >> The undated booklet contains a few interesting ideas, if you >> like mincemeat: mincemeat ice cream (hmm, I wonder whether >> one can just add some to softened vanilla ice cream), >> mincemeat baked custard, and mincemeat sandwich filling (1 pkg >> [size unknown] cream cheese, 3 Tbsps mincemeat, and enough >> mayo to produce a creamy consistency--use on whole wheat, nut, >> or brown bread). >> >> Oh! Using different search parameters, I found the following >> bit of a January 30, 1928 article in Time: >> >> "Milk, Mincemeat, Fruit Juice. The Borden business began in >> 1857 with Gail Borden's discovery of a method of condensing >> milk. The Borden Company is the present result. In 1927 it was >> the largest manufacturer of evaporated and condensed milk and >> the largest distributor of fluid milk and cream in the U. S. >> It also sold butter, eggs, malted milk, caramels. Recently it >> acquired ice cream factories. Added to Borden products by >> merger last week were dried whole milk (Klim and Parlac), >> dried skimmed milk (Merrell-Soule and Breadlac) mincemeat >> (None Such), dried orange and lemon juices—all products >> prepared by the Merrell-Soule Co., which has as subsidiaries >> the Merrell-Soule Co. of England and Canadian Milk Products >> Co. Ltd. Merrell-Soule is to dried milk what Borden is to >> condensed —originator and largest producer." >> >> That answers the question I had about the mincemeat. I wonder >> when the Merrell-Soule name stopped being used? > > > This site discussed industry in Syracuse: > http://syracusethenandnow.org/Histor...racuseBoom.htm > > and says: Mincemeat > > G. Lewis Merrell and Oscar F. Soule, who started a company to can > vegetables in 1868, later discovered a way to make low-moisture, > marketable mincemeat from dry ingredients. Merrell-Soule Co.'s "None > Such" brand mincemeat became a national success. The company later > produced powdered milk, too. > > In 1904, Merrell-Soule built a five-story plant in Franklin Square. By > the 1920s, the company had 26 factories and employed 900 people, about > half of whom worked in Syracuse. Borden Inc. bought the company in 1928. > > There was a factory in Fayetteville, some postcard photos: > http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.o..._Business.html > > And Ebay has some ads for various products, mentioning Frewsburg. The > latest date, on a cursory glance, was 1931. > > This page: http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11...ntrol-13.shtml > describes the Merrell-Soule process for drying milk. > > According to this site: > http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...n-Inc-Company- > History.html > > Borden restructured in 1995 and divested itself of the dairy business, > and it looks like "Klim" is still being produced and sold, by Nestle, who > picked it up, along with Cremora, in 1998: > http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...e;-SA-Company- > History.html > > None Such mincemeat is still around, too: > http://www.eaglenonesuch.com/ > (no ice cream recipe, tho'!) > > Interesting diversion on a hot evening! > d. Cool! (Hmm, interesting comment given YOUR sign-off.) I could have done more research myself, so I apologize for having you do it--and I thank you. You got farther than I did. I was kind-of surprised to see that None Such was a M-S product, since I have only seen booklets for it that came out after Borden's acquisition of it. -- Jean B. |
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