Have you ever used a can of condensed milk to make fudge or poured a little in your morning coffee? You’ve got a man from Norwich to thank for being able to do that.
When Gail Borden was born in Norwich on November 9, 1801, his parents likely had no idea that child would grow up to become a true American pioneer whose ingenuity would help to transform the dairy industry and improve the lives of millions of people.
Although he was born in Norwich, Borden spent the majority of his formative years in Kentucky and Indiana where he studied land surveying. As an adult, Borden would move to Mississippi where he taught school and worked as a surveyor. Borden would then move again, this time to Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor.
It was in 1853 that Borden would invent something that would drastically improve the diet of the American people. Borden invented a process to make sweetened condensed milk. The process involved heating milk in a vacuum to remove much of the water content, and then adding sugar to preserve it.
Source: wnbf.com
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