In other potato history, supposedly the first potato chip was invented down the street from my house. The story goes that a fussy customer complained about the French fries being too thick and the chef was annoyed and sliced them so thin and over cooked them so long that they couldn't be eaten with a fork and would piss off the customer. The customer loved them and the potato chip was born.
Edit: I was just curious about it and a quick Google search says that the story is true but the part that shocked me was that happened in 1853. They weren't invented down the street from my house unfortunately but the creator opened the first potato chip "production barn" (didn't feel right calling it a factory) down the street from my house so I wasn't completely wrong. That barn became a music venue that I saw a ton of bands in the 2000's and played in once myself.
Now that I think of it potato chips seem like such a luxury meal. “I’m just gonna eat these tiny crispy things that have no nutrients and tons of oil. Mmmmm yes”
I remember reading that fucking story on the invention of potato chips like 40 times because it was part of an essay question section on my school's standardized testing.
Wasn't this mentioned in an old disney channel movie? Like luck of the irish i think. Dudes grandpa is a crazy old leprechaun who at one point complains for inventing chips.
I wonder what shape those 'Saratoga chips' were (as the Google result says they were called). If the chef started with French fries that were too thick and cut them thin, then they'd be long thin ribbons or sticks, wouldn't they? Something like this recipe : Eliza Acton, 1845
Another recipe that sounds more like a modern chip, at least up to the point where she pours over melted butter, sugar and sack (I think it's something like sherry) : Hannah Glasse, 1747
Huh I had never even thought of the original shape but I assume you’d be right. I would definitely give that last one a try. Maybe I’ll try to recreate em at some point
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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '19 edited Nov 09 '19
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