Potato chips
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Potato chips or crisps are thin slices of potato that have been deep-fried, baked, or air-fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, appetizer or side dish. Basic potato chips are cooke
A pile of kettle-cooked potato chips from Utz Brands
Homemade potato slices are deep-fried in hot oil for several minutes.
An advertisement for Smith's Potato Crisps
Since 2010, air frying has become a popular alternative to deep frying, including in the preparation of homemade potato chips.
George Speck
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Speck was born in Saratoga County, New York. He was a member of the Mohawk people. He worked as a hunter, guide and cook in the Adirondack Mountains, becoming noted for his culinary skills after being
Potato chips
…recorded recipe. By the late nineteenth century, a popular version of the story, today known to be untrue, attributed the creation of potato chips to George Crum, a cook at Moon's Lake House who was trying to appease an unhappy customer on August 24, 1853. The customer kept sending back his French-fried potatoes…
George Speck with his sister Catherine "Aunt Kate" Wicks