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If you go to the Schulenburg City Cemetery in Schulenburg, Texas, you will find the grave of this man, Gus Baumgarten, who died in 1960. It's not marked by anything special but it should be because, if you like cookies or pie, you owe a debt of gratitude to Gus. You see, it was he who effected a revolutionary change in kitchens worldwide. In 1917, Baumgarten was fooling around with a thermometer in his oven and invented controlled-heat baking in the process. Herbert Hoover, who had been appointed head of the U.S. Food Administration by President Woodrow Wilson, heard of Baumgarten's experiments and wrote to him, asking if he would please instruct by mail 2,385 home economists, who would demonstrate this new baking method all over the country. The result was a thermostat on nearly every oven subsequently produced in America and, of course, the world. It's hard to imagine an oven without a thermostat these days, but prior to 1917, baking had consisted of (essentially) heating and cooling, with no direct way to evenly control the heat.
So the next time you bite into a brownie, remember old Gus Baumgarten, resting in peace in Schulenburg, and thank your lucky stars for the general inventiveness of Texans.Comment
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Candy Industry Fights Back as California Lawmaker Wages War on Peeps
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North Carolina church buys up then burns thousands of struggling families' medical debts - TheBlaze
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