"Fray Bentos; that sounds familiar" Jenandtony’s photos around Fray Bentos, Uruguay

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Fray Bentos, Uruguay by TravelPod blogger Jenandtony titled "Fray Bentos; that sounds familiar!" Jenandtony’s travel blog entry: "We were really surprised to find a place in Uruguay called Fray Bentos (and I bet we weren't the first - or last!) We thought it merited a visit and some research. The town did, indeed give its name to the Fray Bentos products including corned beef and the pies in tins, although this was not the main brand name until relatively recently. The story actually begins in the 1860s when a German company, Leibig, developed a process to concentrate beef and market it as OXO (first in small jars and later in the cubes). The meat was expensive in Europe so they set up a plant in Uruguay where cattle was cheap. This product was used by Florence Nightingale, Scott on trips to the South Pole and was carried by Stanley when he searched for Livingstone. What really made Oxo famous was the First World War, when Oxo cubes were part of the standard emergency rations issued to troops. At home, wives collected wrappers and sent for the Oxo Trench Heater, a kit containing a stand for the mess tin and special lighters to put underneath to heat up the contents. By the end of the war, more than 100 million cubes had been sold and Oxo was a household name (despite being a German company at heart). However, the company had money problems in the1920s and sold out to an English company who massively enlarged and ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 2m 38s Date Found: Thu, Feb 24 2011 3:40 AM Category: Travel Date Produced: Tue, Feb 22 2011 11:40 PM View Count: 0