However, the real history of potato chips is like this. In 1853, a frustrated chef invented this food to satisfy picky customers.
George crumb is an African-American with Mohawk blood and loves hunting.
1822, he was born in Saratoga, new york, but some people say that he comes from Adirondack Mountains.
When he was young, he often taught people to hunt and trap animals. He also worked as a chef in a lakeside hotel restaurant in Saratoga Hot Springs with his sister Catherine Wilkes. He learned a good cook there and was especially brave in trying new dishes.
Because the railway runs through the town, the lakeside hotel has many customers and its business is booming.
George crumb and his sister.
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According to a widely circulated story.
George crumb once cooked fried potatoes for Cornelius Vanderbilt, a very picky customer. Cornelius Vanderbilt is a wealthy railroad tycoon and a frequent visitor to lakeside hotels.
Vanderbilt was undoubtedly one of the representatives of billionaires in the "gilded age" at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century.
He is a famous shipping, railway and financial tycoon, the third richest man in American history, and his net worth far exceeds that of Bill Gates. He is also the prototype of the computer game railroad tycoon.
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Every time Kramer made fried potatoes, Vanderbilt was very dissatisfied. He always said that the potatoes were cut too thick, which made Kramer very depressed.
When the angry chef cooked the last fried potato, he sliced it very finely and sprinkled a lot of salt after frying it crisp.
Unexpectedly, the tycoon was very satisfied with this unprecedented taste.
Cary Moon, the owner of the restaurant, immediately began to promote this new product.
At first, potato chips were packed in cone paper, but later they were packed in boxes.
Saratoga Lake Hotel Restaurant
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Another version of the story is that kramer's sister accidentally invented this potato chip while working with him.
When she cut potatoes, a thin potato fell into the oil pan and was fried very crisp.
The potato chips she invented are called "Saratoga potato chips". To commemorate her contribution, when she died at the advanced age of 1924, people wrote this story in her obituary.
(In fact, before the invention of potato chips, a British cookbook 1822 recorded a similar practice. This dish is called "potato chips and chips", but the chips here are 0.6 cm thick.
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Later, kramer opened his own restaurant in Saratoga, and potato chips became a frequent visitor on the table.
At that time, his "Saratoga potato chips" were still expensive.
It is said that Clem's restaurant has strict rules, which do not give privileges to the rich, and everyone eats equally.
Guests must wait. It is said that Vanderbilt himself stayed there for an hour and a half.
Although kramer set standards for potato chips, he never applied for a patent.
Later, entrepreneurs such as Laura Scudder and hermann ray invented the wax paper packaging of potato chips, which made this snack popular in 1932.
Although the story of the invention of potato chips has been difficult to verify, there are still many questions, but george crumb and his sister Catherine Wilkes are the main contributors to this legendary food.
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