POTATO
CHIPS
In the summer of 1853, Native American
George Crum was employed as a chef at an elegant resort in Saratoga
Springs, New York. One dinner
guest found Crum's French fries too thick for his liking and rejected
the order. Crum decided to rile the guest by producing fries too thin
and crisp to skewer with a fork. The plan backfired. The guest was
ecstatic over the browned, paper-thin potatoes, and other diners began
requesting Crum's potato chips |
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Invention: |
Potato
Chips in 1853 |
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Definition: |
noun /
po·ta·to chips |
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Function: |
Snack food
made of a thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until
crisp and then usually salted. Also known as Saratoga Chips or
potato crisps. |
| Patent: |
Never
patented. |
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