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About National Potato Chip Day

United States
EVENT NAME:
Potato Chip Day, Ntl.
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Food , United States
Dates Active:
Begins: Mar 14, 2025
Ends: Apr 14, 2025
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National Potato Chip Day is observed annually in the US and celebrates a simple snack that generates over US$ 15 billion in revenue annually.

Chef George Speck (Crum) of Native American and African American heritage and his sister Wicks Speck are often attributed as the originators of the thin potato snack, despite the several recipes in cookbooks in the 1820s and 1830s. What is indisputable is that Speck is the man who popularized the chip, or "crisp," as the English would say.

Potato chips were first served at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York, hence the nickname "Saratoga chips."

Speck's sister explained in an interview during the 1930s that the potato chip's creation was a mistake. A slice of potato fell into a pan of grease, cooked, and she pulled it out and set it aside in 1853. Her brother walked by, popped it in his mouth, and liked it. Chips were a quick and easy addition to the menu and used up the scraps from potatoes.

Speck opened his first restaurant in 1860, Crum's, and the potato chip would become synonymous with him. Fastidious toward detail, Speck ensured every table in his upscale restaurant included a basket of chips as an appetizer (like tortilla chips in Mexican restaurants today).

Speck died at the age of 90 in 1914. Today potato chips are one of the most popular snacks in the world.

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