National Potato Chip Day
On March 14th, America's most popular snack food will be named on America's top snack food, National Potato Chip Day. Millions will enjoy their favorite chip this holiday. It's a good thing that there are so many to choose from!
Saratoga chips
An unhappy restaurant patron continued to bring his potatoes back to the kitchen on August 24, 1853, claiming they were thick and soggy. Chef George Crum decided to slice the potatoes as thin as possible, grilling them until crispy and adding more salt. The customer loved them, to the chef's surprise. Under the name of "Saratoga Chips," the crispy potatoes soon became a staple on the restaurant's menu, under the name "Saratoga Chips."
Other explanations point to the potato chip point to recipes in Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer (1845) or Mary Randolph's The Virginia House-Wife (1824). Although many sources referred to these dates sliced potatoes and fried them in grease, it is also unknown if the potatoes were fried to a crisp.
However, menus throughout the country in the late 1870s, hotel restaurants, and street carts used the term "Saratoga Chips" on train cars, hotel restaurants, and street carts. When bakeries made the chips in larger batches, the name was turned into grocers. They were delivered by wagon to the restaurants and grocers by the barrel. By the pound, the grocers sold them to private households. Folks were told to bake the chips in a hot oven for a few minutes, and the chips would be as crisp as if fried the same day.
Classic potato chips
Potato Chip Company, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, founded in 1910, is the "oldest potato chip company in the United States," according to Mike-sell's Potato Chip Company, founded in 1910. Tri-Sum Potato Chips, based in Leominster, Massachusetts, was founded in 1908 as the Leominster Potato Chip Company and claims to be America's first potato chip manufacturer.
Potato chips went beyond chef-cooked restaurant fare and into mass-produced for home use in the twentieth century. Flavored chips were first introduced in the 1950s. Potato Chip sales are over $30 billion a year around the world!
How to celebrate #nationalpotatochipday
- Try some potato chips
- In a dish, use potato chips. They make a delectable coating for fish in Crushed
- For a salty-sweet snack, Dip chips in chocolate
- Share your recipes
- Make some homemade dips
- Or, just grab a bag of potato chips to enjoy and use #NationalPotatoChipDay to post on social media
Potato chip FAQ
Q. What kinds of dips go well with potato chips?
A. Many brands of dips make chips even more tastier. Make one up or make one up! Try sour cream and onion, salsa, ranch, queso, chili cheese, spinach dip, or make one up.
Q. Is chips good for picnics?
A. Yes. Yes. Chips are a delectable side dish for a picnic. They're portable and don't need to be chilled or heated, and they don't need to be chilled or heated.
Q. Do potato chips come in different flavors?
A. Yes. Yes. Potato chips are made with a variety of flavors, including BBQ, cheese, sour cream and onion, sea salt and vinegar, Chesapeake Bay seasoning, and many more. In addition, potato chip manufacturers make unusually flavored chips.
