> -----Original Message----- > From: Bryon Daly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 03:00 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Freedom Vanilla Ice Cream (was RE: Commentary on > French-bashing) > > > "Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > > > Trivia - the potato chip was actually invented in France by > a cook who > > had an American (or was it british..) customer who kept > sending back > > his fried potato dish, demanding thinner and thinner slices of > > potato.. > > I heard the same thing, but set elsewhere, so I googled a bit > and found this fairly detailed text on potato chips: > http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/po> tchips.htm > > > which suggests Saratoga Springs, NY is the point > of origin.
Ah! Then I stand corrected on the location of origin (but not the origin itself ;D) "Why Did Anybody Do This? - Here, as with many points of the story, there is near unanimity.� A patron, see below, returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen because they were not crunchy enough (Snack Food Association 1987; Panati 1987) �� One source contends that this behavior happened occasionally to Crum and it enraged him.� "The few who did complain and returned their orders to the kitchen, were rewarded with the most indigestible substances the black chef could concoct. � His somewhat irascible nature made him commit mayhem on many a returned meal. � It pleased him to watch their reaction, which ranged from disbelief to a hurried departure." (Gibbs 1975).� So, the fried potatoes come back to the kitchen. What Happened in the Kitchen ? - All the tellings refer to slicing potatoes into much thinner slices. Gibbs (1975) says he wrapped them in a napkin and dropped them into a tub of ice water, waited half an hour and dumped the slices into hot grease.� None of the other versions I read had anything like this detail and there were no sources for that section so it may have been conjecture. A second part of the preparation revolved around the salt.� Some versions just say he salted them but others refer to an aggressive salting, putting so much salt on that no one would be able to eat them.� If we are to believe the stories about his character, it would seem that the latter motive was dominant." _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
