American cuisine's finest Tater tots

We like French fries, but if you're looking for an American culinary variation on the potato theme

you might think about the Tater Tot. This dish is a fan favorite at Sonic drive-ins and school cafeterias all across the country.

It should be noted that it often has the registered trademark; these commercial hash brown cylinders are, in fact, the exclusive property of the Ore-Ida corporation.

You would have wanted to find a way to make use of leftover slivers of cut-up potatoes if you were one of the Grigg brothers who established Ore-Ida.

You would have wanted to find a way to use them. Before putting the mashed potatoes on the market in 1956, they added additional flour and spice to the mixture

then molded it into little tots. After a little more than half a century, the United States of America consumes around 32 million kg of these potatoes per year.

We like French fries, but if you're looking for a twist on the classic potato chip that's popular at Sonic drive-ins and school lunchrooms throughout the country, try the Tater Tot.

Take note of the registered trademark—the Ore-Ida firm does, in fact, own these commercial hash brown cylinders. You would have sought to find a use for the remaining potato slices if you were one of the Grigg brothers who established Ore-Ida. In 1956, they refined the mush with flour and spices, formed it into little tots, and

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