Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 39: Corned Beef
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1. Fray Bentos is the name of a port in the Uruguay River.
2. Liebig's Extract of Meat Company is the name of the company that opened a meat company in the port of the Uruguay River.
3. The meat packing company opened in 1863.
4. The meat was wasted that wasn't used for hide.
5. German Chemist and Founder of the company Justus von Liebig created the industrial method to canned the meat extract.
6. In 1873 the company installed a canning plant and began to produce corned beef.
7. Today, Fray Bentos' is called Barrio Anglo.
8. The Vestey Brothers in 1924 purchased Justus von Liebig's company.
9. The Liebig's Extract of Meat Company changed its name to Frigorifico Anglo del Uruguay.
10. William and Edmund Vestey were from Liverpool.
11. The Brothers made their fortune importing meat into Britain.
12. Blue Star Line is the shipping company the Vestey Brothers owned.
13. The population in Britain was 9 million people in 1801.
14. The population in Britain was 40 million people in 1901.
15. The British Army called corned beef, "Bully Beef."
16. World War I was declared on September 1914.
17. Franz von Papen was a German military attache in Washington.
18. Horst von der Goltz was a German secret agent who was captured in London.
19. Fritz Duquesne was the Afrikaner agent working for the Germans in South America responsible for sinking 15 Allied Ships.
20. "The Zimmermann Telegram" was a telegram sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico. The German offer said to the Mexican government of a military alliance that would in the event of America entering the war, entail German support for Mexico to regain those territories it had lost to America over the course of the 19th century if the Mexicans undertook to attack America as a means of forcing it to keep its armed forces at home rather than sending them to Europe.
21. The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.
22. Brazil declared war on Germany in 1917.
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 39: Corned Beef
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. Fray Bentos is the name of a port in the Uruguay River.
2. Liebig's Extract of Meat Company is the name of the company that opened a meat company in the port of the Uruguay River.
3. The meat packing company opened in 1863.
4. The meat was wasted that wasn't used for hide.
5. German Chemist and Founder of the company Justus von Liebig created the industrial method to canned the meat extract.
6. In 1873 the company installed a canning plant and began to produce corned beef.
7. Today, Fray Bentos' is called Barrio Anglo.
8. The Vestey Brothers in 1924 purchased Justus von Liebig's company.
9. The Liebig's Extract of Meat Company changed its name to Frigorifico Anglo del Uruguay.
10. William and Edmund Vestey were from Liverpool.
11. The Brothers made their fortune importing meat into Britain.
12. Blue Star Line is the shipping company the Vestey Brothers owned.
13. The population in Britain was 9 million people in 1801.
14. The population in Britain was 40 million people in 1901.
15. The British Army called corned beef, "Bully Beef."
16. World War I was declared on September 1914.
17. Franz von Papen was a German military attache in Washington.
18. Horst von der Goltz was a German secret agent who was captured in London.
19. Fritz Duquesne was the Afrikaner agent working for the Germans in South America responsible for sinking 15 Allied Ships.
20. "The Zimmermann Telegram" was a telegram sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico. The German offer said to the Mexican government of a military alliance that would in the event of America entering the war, entail German support for Mexico to regain those territories it had lost to America over the course of the 19th century if the Mexicans undertook to attack America as a means of forcing it to keep its armed forces at home rather than sending them to Europe.
21. The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.
22. Brazil declared war on Germany in 1917.
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