| Opening a bag of crispy salty potato chips is so much | | | | the rest is crispy history. |
| more than a tantalizing treat. Potato chips are | | | | It took almost no time for potato chips to become |
| steeped in a history that dates all the way back to | | | | popular and by 1895 they were being manufactured |
| 1853 when George Crum inadvertently invented the | | | | in Cleveland Ohio. Then in the 1920's three events |
| potato chip. | | | | took place that marked the beginning of the potato |
| It seems that George was working as a chef in New | | | | chip industry we know today. The first event was |
| England and had a customer that just could not be | | | | Herman Lay selling what is now known as Lay's |
| satisfied. This particular day the customer kept | | | | Potato Chips out of the trunk of his car. The second |
| sending back the French fries that were typically | | | | and possibly the true catalyst, an automatic potato |
| eaten with a fork because they were too thick. | | | | peeler and slicer was invented. This took the manual |
| After a few complaints George decided to put an | | | | labor out of peeling and slicing potatoes. The third |
| end to this and made a French fry that was so thin | | | | was in 1926 when Laura Scudder invented a waxed |
| and crispy there was no way it could be eaten with | | | | paper bag that kept the chips fresher and crisper |
| a fork. Well the plan back fired, his customer loved | | | | longer allowing for more mass marketing. |
| the chips that became known as Sarasota Chips and | | | | |