tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242237432024-03-13T16:05:26.130-04:00Cranial SoupPeas, carrots, green beans, and gray matter.Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-49980778673936813862010-05-24T07:36:00.001-04:002010-05-24T08:13:15.217-04:00Thank you, Henry Ford, for another fine product.<p><a href="http://www.kingsford.com/about/index.htm" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline" title="Charcoal_bag" alt="Charcoal_bag" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_qlCAUZtia6Q/S_pkxH9AbAI/AAAAAAAABCQ/qOyTHz7EjPc/Charcoal_bag%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="141" height="176" /></a>Henry Ford didn't waste anything. Wood and sawdust byproducts from automobile fabrication were used to make charcoal. </p> <p>While he didn't invent the charcoal briquette (<a href="http://www.hpba.org/consumers/barbecue/fun-facts-about-barbecue" target="_blank">Ellsworth B. A. Zwoyer</a> did, in 1897), he did found the Ford Charcoal company, which later became the <a href="http://www.kingsford.com/about/index.htm" target="_blank">Kingsford Company</a>. </p> <p>When E.G. Kingsford, a relative of Ford's, brokered the site selection for Ford's new charcoal manufacturing plant, Ford Charcoal was renamed to Kingsford, in his honor. </p> <p>Creative thinking and frugality turned a waste disposal problem into a money making opportunity, leading to the founding of a company that today manufactures about 80% of the charcoal briquettes sold in the US, and recycling about 1 million tons of wood scraps, each year.</p> <p>Thanks to Henry Ford being such a frugal guy, and a smart one at that, Americans have come to enjoy the ritual tradition of going outside on a beautiful summer day and cooking our food there, with a smoky barbeque, rather than in our kitchens and heating up the whole house. </p> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 style="font-size: 1em" class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://notecook.com/main-course/chicken/simplest-way-to-barbeque-chicken-wing/">Simplest Way to Barbeque Chicken Wing</a> (notecook.com) </li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://notecook.com/main-course/meat/barbecue-recipes-the-best-which-you-can-ever-think-of/">Barbecue Recipes: The Best Which You Can Ever Think of!</a> (notecook.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703880304575236511225717650.html">The Grill Looks East</a> (online.wsj.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px" class="zemanta-pixie"><img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none" class="zemanta-pixie-img" alt="" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=bf0e319d-a5a3-4e60-939d-9abec968b070" /></div> Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0