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1、The History of the Potato Chips1853, Saratoga Springs, New YorkAs a world food, potatoes are second in human consumption only to rice. And as thin, salted, crisp chips, they are Americas favorite snack food. Potato chips originated in New England as one mans variation on the French-fried potato, and
2、 their production was the result not of a sudden stroke of culinary invention but of a fit of pique.In the summer of 1853, American Indian George Crum was employed as a chef at an elegant resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. On Moon Lake Lodges restaurant menu were French-fried potatoes, prepared b
3、y Crum in the standard, thick-cut French style that was popularized in France in the 1700s and enjoyed by Thomas Jefferson as ambassador to that country. Ever since Jefferson brought the recipe to America and served French fries to guests at Monticello, the dish was popular and serious dinner fare.A
4、t Moon Lake Lodge, one dinner guest found chef Crums French fries too thick for his liking and rejected the order. Crum cut and fried a thinner batch, but these, too, met with disapproval. Exasperated, Crum decided to rile the guest by producing French fries too thin and crisp to skewer with a fork.
5、The plan backfired. The guest was ecstatic over the browned, paper-thin potatoes, and other diners requested Crums potato chips, which began to appear on the menu as Saratoga Chips, a house specialty. Soon they were packaged and sold, first locally, then throughout the New England area. Crum eventua
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