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Purdue alum creates holiday meal staple
Staff Reports
WEST LAFAYETTE If Stove Top stuffing made an appearance at your Thanksgiving dinner, you can thank a Purdue University alumna.
The late Ruth Siems, a 1953 home economics graduate, is credited with the invention of Stove Top stuffing. The product hit shelves in 1971 as a dish appropriate for Thanksgiving and Christmas but also for everyday meals.
The secret behind the dish is the dimensions of the bread crumbs, which General Foods patented in 1975. Siems is listed first among the inventors, followed by Anthony Capossela Jr., John Halligan and C. Robert Wyss.
Siems’ invention came at a time when there was a high demand in the United States for convenience foods. Siems worked on developing Stove Top stuffing while working at General Foods, and the invention quickly became a holiday meal staple.