Pringles Can Inventor Buried in Pringles Can
Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one.
His children honored his request. Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can—along with a regular urn containing the rest—in his grave at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Springfield Township....
He developed many products, including frying oils and a freeze-dried ice cream, for P&G. The ice cream was patented and marketed, but didn't catch on. "Basically, what you did, you added milk to it, put it in the freezer and you had ice cream," said his son Lawrence J. Baur of Stevensville, Mich. "That was another one he was proud of but just never went anywhere."
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3 Comments:
God rest the man, and he certainly came up with an eye-catching design, but am I the only one catty enough to suggest that the container's new contents are probably a match for the original in savor and allure?
Barry Foy at 1:57PM on 06/01/08
Oh I dunno. Pringles have a certain OCD-ish allure to them.
foodvox at 2:09PM on 06/01/08
I've never tasted them, but a death is sad.
As far as his container for his final remains...........Macabre, yet sweet and apropos. RIP.
I wouldn't put the box where an uninformed guest could find it during a snack attack. Talk about a freak-out!
PerkyMac at 12:40AM on 06/02/08