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Tater Tots, also known as "Tots", is a registered trademark for a commercial form of hash browns, a side-dish made from deep-fried, grated potatoes, which are formed as small, oval cakes and sold frozen.

Tater Tots are commonly found in the U.S. in cafeterias and school lunch-counters, as well as the supermarket frozen food aisle and some fast food restaurants. In Australia, they are known as 'Golden Nuggets'.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Trivia 4 See Also 5 External links

Etymology

Tater is a variation of the word potato, considered humorous, possibly somewhat child-like; Tots may have been derived from their diminutive size, or because they are often served to children, and certainly because of the intended alliteration.

History

Tater Tots were invented in 1953 by Golden and Nephi Grigg of the Ore-Ida company, now a subsidiary of H. J. Heinz Company, as a means of utilizing the potato shreds left over from french fry production. They first became available in stores in 1954; today, Americans consume approximately 70 million pounds of "Tots" per year.

There are unsupported claims that the Tater Tot was in fact invented by a Mr. Gheen, who was head of the Research and Development team at Ore-Ida at the time of the Tater Tot's invention. Due to the terms of his contract, the rights for the invention were claimed by Ore-Ida. These claims are as yet unsubstantiated.

Trivia

• "Tater tots" (a.k.a. "tots") were featured prominently in the Idaho-set 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.

See Also

Tater Tots Hotdish

External links

• Ore-Ida Potato "Tot Spot"
• Tater Tot Casserole recipe
• Napoleon Dynamite, Official site

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