They are the perfect snack food, but how well you're munching on chips you really know?
1. The origin of the story is not known.
1853. Crum laid back that Vanderbilt, I was trying to get in Saratoga Springs, NY Chef George Crum first plate of chips when presented to Cornelius Vanderbilt, according to the legend, the french fried potato chip was born Potato 'weren t thin enough to insist. Sick of having sent back the dish, Crum it expects to achieve a growth of fresh sliced a potato paper-thin, they get picked up by a fork until very crisp cooked them, and to Vanderbilt brought out. Instead, Railroad Tycoon loved dish, and a new tradition was born. Some sources But as mentioned, it is probably more realistic than the folk tale.
2. "Chips" come before "crisps."
Crum and Vanderbilt folklore tale, but there may be no mistake: Americans naming rights to its own beloved snack (there ", fried potatoes in slices or shavings" But a 1822 British recipe People were sliced a quarter of an inch) thick, or just shave oil. How do you trace their roots back to Saratoga, and then finally a constant repetition of the Nashville-based Herman Lay, which reached a national audience, thanks to the "Saratoga Chips" were beholden.
3. A World War II almost fell.
When the United States entered World War II, production of potato chips quickly to prevent that a "non-food" was declared. Manufacturers idea balked, and back down the protests convinced the war production board. Patriots who love their potato chip, thanks to potato chips during and after the war than they had ever sold better.
4. Laura Scudder, California potato chip owe a debt to the queen.
Potato chips are mass produced and marketed worldwide, before they served out of wooden barrels or glass taken from behind the counter where mom and pop stores, were sold in large numbers. This refreshing and transportability, both for bagging chips already come up with the idea of an enterprising woman from California. A potato chip company, which was opened in 1926, Laura Scudder ,, worked hard to perfect his idea. Grease-resistant packet by the iron hand that was made of waxed paper, the first potato chip bags were forerunners of today's crinkly foil bags.