When is National Potato Chip Day?
Tuesday March 14thOn March 14th, the United States' most popular snack food is recognized as America's #1 snack food. This holiday, Millions will enjoy their favorite chip. It's a good thing that there are so many options to choose from, too!
Saratoga chips
An unhappy restaurant customer kept 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 delight. "Saratoga Chips" was a regular item on the restaurant's menu, and crispy potatoes soon became a staple item on the restaurant's menu.
Other explanations point to the existence of 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 sliced potatoes and fried them in grease, it's unclear if the potatoes were fried to a crisp.
However, by the late 1870s, menus around the country began using the term "Saratoga Chips" on train cars, hotel restaurants, and street carts. When bakeries made the chips in larger batches, the word translated into grocers. ivered by wagon to the restaurants and grocers by the barrel. By the pound, grocers sold them to private households. Folks were instructed 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.
