Frito Pie - History

History

The exact origins of the Frito pie are unknown though there are several stories as to its beginnings.

One of the stories says that the Frito pie originated with Frito-Lay's founder Elmer Doolin's mother. It claims that Daisy Dean Doolin came up with the Frito pie sometime after creating the first Frito chip. Mentions of the Frito pie are nearly as old as the company itself which was founded in 1932.

Another story claims that true Frito pie originated only in the 1960s with Teresa Hernández, who worked at the F. W. Woolworth's lunch counter in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In the 1950s Nell Morris joined Frito-Lay where she helped develop an official cookbook which included the Frito Pie.

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