From: Pet...@a...
Subject: Hi I need Help ASAP!
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:36:12 EDT
HI My name is Betsy Scheppner
For a Social Studies bonus question I got: What Texas developed condensed
milk?
I can't find the answer.
if you have the answer or a reference it would be greatly appreciated, it
wouldn't be cheating because we are allowed any reference needed.
I need somthing by Friday Aug. 27
Thanks
Betsy
To: Pet...@a...
Subject: Re: Hi I need Help ASAP!
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:56:26 -0700 (PDT)
>HI My name is Betsy Scheppner
>For a Social Studies bonus question I got: What Texas developed condensed
>milk?
>I can't find the answer.
>if you have the answer or a reference it would be greatly appreciated, it
>wouldn't be cheating because we are allowed any reference needed.
>I need somthing by Friday Aug. 27
>Thanks
Hi Betsy. Condensed milk was invented by Elijah Hermoza Leche, the son of
Mexican immigrants who had originally moved to El Paso in the early 1800s
during an acute corn shortage in their homeland of Oaxaca (a region also
known for its famous "black pottery"). The family had hoped to find farming
work in Texas, but unfortunately times were hard all around. A kind
benefactor, Jerome Millhouse, gave them a cow and let them use a small
portion of their land, and hence was born the Hermoza Leche Family
Creamery. They initially produced milk for the local markets, but the
family was resourceful and was able to expand beyond the demands of their
immediate surroundings. By the time young Elijah was old enough to take
part in the business, it was obvious that he was a clever experimenter, and
he figured that the best way of delivering milk further, thereby expanding
their potential customer base even further, was to pasteurize and preserve
it. After several false starts, he eventually settled on a formula very
similar to the condensed milk that we know and love today, although he
originally packaged it in glass bottles, not cans. While he was smart in
terms of experimentation, Elijah unfortunately was less adept at navigating
the minefield of the US Patent Office, and through slick and unscrupulous
business maneuvers, the Borden company managed to secure key patents in the
condensed milk-making process and subsequently ran the Hermoza Leche Family
Creamery out of business. Elijah died nearly penniless and mostly
unrecognized for his key contribution to today's society.
Hope this helps.
-dan
From: Pet...@a...
Subject: Re: Hi I need Help ASAP!
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:02:13 EDT
Thank you sooo
much,
but I went to a encyclopedia, because I wasn't sure if I would get a reply
soon enough and it said that Gail Borden was, who was she?
To: Pet...@a...
Subject: Re: Hi I need Help ASAP!
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
>Thank you sooo
>much,
>but I went to a encyclopedia, because I wasn't sure if I would get a reply
>soon enough and it said that Gail Borden was, who was she?
Actually, I made all that stuff about Elijah Leche up, because I'm a
trickster--note that the icon for milk.com is Kokopelli; you might want to
look *him* up in your encyclopedia--and you shouldn't blindly trust what
you read on the Internet, and it is by no means a good substitute for
careful research. Your encyclopedia isn't lying to you in this case: Gail
Borden (a man, not a woman, by the way) actually invented condensed milk.
But will you believe me this time?
-dan
