[Sca-cooks] Aluminum

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Laura C. Minnick:
>At 02:11 AM 11/29/2004, you wrote:
>
>>Isn't it odd that, at one time, Aluminum was priced more preciously 
>>than gold...and now we roll it
>>around our Thanksgiving Turkeys, and discard it when we are done? 
>>What a differenc a few decades
>>make, eh?
>
>When did it begin to be made out of aluminium? My Grandma calls it 
>'tinfoil', Mom just calls it 'foil'. Did it have something to do 
>with WWII? (Mom was born in '46)

 From http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaluminum.htm :

"Aluminum Foil
Metal foil has been around for centuries. Foil is solid metal that 
has been reduced to a leaf-like thinness by beating or rolling. The 
first mass-produced and widely-used foil was made from tin. Tin was 
later replaced by aluminum in 1910, when the first aluminum foil 
rolling plant "Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie., Emmishofen." was opened in 
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.

The plant, owned by J.G. Neher & Sons (aluminum manufacturers) 
started in 1886 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, at the foot of the 
Rhine Falls - capturing the falls' energy to produce aluminum. 
Neher's sons together with Dr. Lauber discovered the endless rolling 
process and the use of aluminum foil as a protective barrier. From 
there began the wide use of aluminum foil in the packaging of 
chocolate bars and tobacco products. Processes evolved over time to 
include the use of print, color, lacquer, laminate and the embossing 
of the aluminum. "

>'Lainie
>(I was careful to watch my plate on the holiday, and still gained 3 
>pounds! Wah!)

That's wot you get for watching your plate!

Adamantius

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