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	Potato Chip History - Invention of Potato Chips
		Potato chips originated in New England as one man's variation on the French-fried potato, and their production was the result not of a sudden stroke of culinary invention but of a fit of pique.
		He began making chips in his kitchen and delivering to neighborhood stores but later converted a barn in the rear of his house into "one of the first potato chip factories" in the country.
		It was the invention of the mechanical potato peeler in the 1920s that paved the way for potato chips to soar from a small specialty item to a top-selling snack food.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/potatochips.htm (1557 words)

	Atlas of Popular Culture in the Northeastern US - Potato Chips
		Potato chip manufacture in the first part of the century was done in small batches and small kettles.
		The first (English) settlers to bring the potato to this country regarded it primarily as animal fodder and it was not until large numbers of German and northern European migrants began to arrive that the potato became the human food item it is today.
		At times when good chipping potatoes are available nearby they make use of that source but when those inputs are consumed or no longer available, they have to reach further for the most important input to the potato chip.
	www.geography.ccsu.edu /harmonj/atlas/potchips.htm (3378 words)

	The History of Potato Chips
		It was the invention of the mechanical potato peeler in the 1920s that paved the way for potato chips to soar from a small specialty item to a top-selling snack food.
		Lay's potato chips became the first successfully marketed national brand, and in 1961 Herman Lay, to increase his line of goods, merged his company with Frito, the Dallas-based producer of such snack foods as Fritos Corn Chips.
		Potatoes of course contain no aphrodisiac, though potato chips are frequently consumed with passion and are touted by some to be as satisfying as sex.
	www.kitchenproject.com /history/AmericanHeritageRecipes/PotatoChip.htm (532 words)

	BETTER MADE POTATO CHIPS® (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Potatoes that are freshly dug from the ground are placed into metal wagons in the fields and are transported to an area for grading.
		Potatoes are unloaded at the plant by a truck that backs onto a lift which elevates the truck (cab and trailer) into the air at an angle that allows the potatoes to roll off into a metal base conveyor.
		The potatoes are lifted from the holding hopper to the slicer by metal buckets or rubber cleats.
	www.bettermadepotatochips.com /tour.htm (906 words)

	POPCORN AND POTATO CHIPS
		The potato, however, is probably indigenous to the Andes and was not introduced into North America until 1621 when it was brought to Virginia from Bemuda.
		The potato is probably even more popular than corn and its fame had spread from the Americas to become a staple food in other countries far removed from the New World.
		Potatoes like corn can be stored for a long period of time and in a processed, dehydrated form they can easily be prepared by just adding water and bringing to a boil.
	www.geocities.com /yamataro670/popcornpotatochips.htm (589 words)

	Potato Chip equipment for continuous-fried, batch-fried, flavored, natural or fabricated potato chips, and other potato ...
		Potato Chip equipment for continuous-fried, batch-fried, flavored, natural or fabricated potato chips, and other potato snacks
		Heat and Control is your best single source supplier of complete systems for processing and packaging the highest quality continuous-fried, batch-fried, flavored, natural or fabricated potato chips, and other potato snacks.
		From truck unloading of raw potatoes through preparing, cooking, seasoning, weighing and packaging of finished product, our expertise in potato handling is unsurpassed in the snack food industry.
	www.heatandcontrol.com /potatochips.asp (159 words)

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		In the early part of the twentieth century Saratoga chips were featured at meals for fancy occasions as well as on restaurant menus until they became popular as a snack food under the name of potato chips.
		To make potato chips successfully in the home kitchen, it has long been considered necessary to purchase the expensive ($150 and up) mandoline machine to make the thin slices required.
		You can also make potato chips by an oven method which involves placing 1/8th inch slices of potatoes in a single layer on two lightly greased baking sheets, brushing them with melted butter and baking them for about 7 minutes in a 500 degree oven.
	members.cox.net /jjschnebel/potchips.html (493 words)

	Hello, Mr. Chips: Vendors feeding demand in Iraq - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But Iraqi-made potato chips — deep fried, thin and greasy — are considered more than a snack: They're a delicacy.
		The story of potato chips in Baghdad dates back to the late 1950s, when a Kurdish merchant known as Abu Rafal opened the first potato chip factory in the capital, said Jassim Issa, another Karrada chip vendor.
		Initially, potato chips were consumed mainly by men drinking beer or liquor at bars or restaurants.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2007-01-25-life-in-iraq_x.htm (652 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Potato Chips
		Potato chips resulted from a cook's moment of pique.
		He sliced potatoes paper-thin, fried them to a singed crisped brown, salted the living daylights out of them, and dumped them in front of the hard-to-please diner.
		In fact, the first fellow to taste a potato chip was just an ordinary guy off the street who chose the wrong (right?) day to piss off the cook.
	www.snopes.com /business/origins/chips.asp (296 words)

	POTATO RECIPES from P. Caunce & Son. Growing and packing potatoes for the whole and retail makets around the country
		A brunch casserole with potatoes, eggs, bacon, and cheese This is a very easy brunch dish, similar to a fritatta in texture, but full of traditional breakfast ingredients.
		Arrange another third of the potato slices on top of the herbs, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with the remainder of the herbs then top with the last third of the potato slices.
		Drain the potatoes, return to the pan with the milk, half the cheese and the remaining butter and mash until smooth.
	www.browfarm.co.uk /potatoes_recipes.htm (2384 words)

	"Potato Chips" - Article from Profits+Plus and Tom Shay
		Within a short period of time, you could get chips that had the flavor of barbecue, sour cream, pizza, and any number of other tastes as chip manufacturers found a way to create artificial flavorings that could duplicate the original food taste.
		As you got to the bottom of the bag, the chips got smaller and smaller until the bottom of the bag was nothing more than tiny pieces that you could more easily eat by using a large spoon instead of your fingers.
		If the chips were shaped alike and packaged accordingly, you could get the chips into a smaller container, and have less breakage.
	www.profitsplus.org /monthly_article_potato_chips.htm (1326 words)

	Terra Chips : Product Details
		Terra Chips® introduces an extraordinary new chip guaranteed to please your eye, as well as your palate.
		Terra Blues® Potato Chips, made from naturally Blue Potatoes, are premium quality chips that are a delectable treat.
		You are to be commended - you have transformed the mundane potato chip into a truly epicurean delight.
	www.terrachips.com /products/Terra-Blue-Potato-Chips.php (140 words)

	Are gourmet potato chips all they're fried up to be? - By Ben Wasserstein - Slate Magazine
		chips, but we did test fancier chips such as those made with olive oil and a brand called Terra Frites, which look like French fries, are stocked next to potato chips, and, as it turns out, taste like neither.
		Kettle-brand kettle chips, which are "dark with grease," not only look distinctive, they leave behind a distinctive look: "So greasy that you will definitely have to wipe your hands on your jeans," says one tester; "These chips could stain your shirt," another cautions.
		Although these chips have a "good texture" and a "pleasing crunch," their "flavor doesn't meet expectations raised by the large amount of grease." One dissatisfied panelist sums them up: "Greasy, burnt, and with an offensive and bitter aftertaste," these chips are "not pleasant to eat."
	www.slate.com /id/2099034 (957 words)

	Original Good's Potato Chips - Press Release
		According to Lewis Good, most potato chips are done in automatic fryers where they are continuously sliced.
		Goods Potato Chips moved from a plant in Brecknock Township to the industrial park three years ago.
		Goods Potato Chips has found a nice niche in the region's competitive snack-food industry, and the family intends to keep it that way.
	www.goodschips.com /news.shtml (743 words)

	Potato Chips
		Classics are old-fashioned, premium kettle cooked potato chips with a legendary crunch and hearty potato flavor.
		delicious chips are hand cooked in kettles, then flash-baked to naturally reduce the fat content.
		The result is a potato chip with the same potato intensity as our Classics without altering or sacrificing the purity of the process or ingredients.
	www.capecodchips.com /products/chips.aspx (261 words)

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		He read the potato chip article in the January 20 newsletter.
		Well, greasy potato chips (just look at your fingers after you eat them!) and donuts came to mind, after contacting the obvious home-run hitters, McDonald's and KFC.
		This is because most commercial chips are high in trans fat, and the high temperatures used to cook the chips will potentially cause the formation of carcinogenic substances like acrylamide.
	www.mercola.com /2007/feb/10/more-reasons-to-avoid-potato-chips.htm (1183 words)

	potato chips
		Once the potatoes are unloaded they are peeled, washed and inspected.
		Once boxed, the potato chips are off to the routing department for delivery to the store.
		The boxes of potato chips are then diverted to a specific tractor trailer to be loaded for shipment.
	www.goldenflake.com /tour/potato.htm (176 words)

	Are gourmet potato chips all they're fried up to be? - By Ben Wasserstein - Slate Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the most part, "gourmet" chips achieve their gastronomic distinction because they are "kettle-cooked" in small batches, sometimes by hand, which means the chips turn out extra crispy.
		chips, but we did test fancier chips such as those made with olive oil and a brand called Terra Frites, which look like French fries, are stocked next to potato chips, and, as it turns out, taste like neither.
		Kettle-brand kettle chips, which are "dark with grease," not only look distinctive, they leave behind a distinctive look: "So greasy that you will definitely have to wipe your hands on your jeans," says one tester; "These chips could stain your shirt," another cautions.
	slate.msn.com /id/2099034 (998 words)

	MDA - How Potato Chips are Made
		Three quarters of Michigan’s potato crop is used for potato chips.
		And potato chips are America’s most popular snack food.
		Potato chips are an American invention, and Michigan has a special role in helping that invention take top honors as America’s most beloved snack.
	www.michigan.gov /mda/0,1607,7-125-1566_1733_22582-53809--,00.html (170 words)

	Welcome to Wise Foods, Inc.
		Maybe you'd like a little less sodium in your diet without giving up your favorite potato chips, or maybe you just prefer the taste of a less salty chip.
		Wise Unsalted Potato Chips are for those of you who love a rich potato flavor but can do without the sodium.
		No wimpy chips here, these intensely flavored chips aren’t for everyone, but they might be just right for you.
	www.wisesnacks.com /products_potato_traditional_all.html (191 words)

	Gourmet Food - THE NIBBLE - North Fork Gourmet Potato Chips and Sweet Potato Chips
		Some artisanal chip makers may fry their kettle chips in an actual kettle—a wide-mouthed, uncovered metal pot that sits atop a stove, and was used to make early potato chips.
		Kettle chips also tend to be darker and more flavorful—due to the frying process, better oils (no trans-fats), and simple processing (no preservatives or additives).
		While we’re not suggesting that potato chips are a health food, these pure chips are something you could have cooked yourself, something you’re comfortable feeding to children.
	www.thenibble.com /zine/archives/north-fork-potato-chips.asp (854 words)

	Homemade Potato Chips \| The New Homemaker
		Then, transfer your chips to a paper towel to drain.
		At any rate, I may convert you to a snack-aholic with these beyond belief homemade potato chips that are simple to make and you'll never want to go back to the bagged, store-bought kind again.
		Making your own potato chips doesn't have to be a chore.
	www.thenewhomemaker.com /potatochips (562 words)

	History Of Potato Chips (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum.
		In the 1920s, the salesman Herman Lay sold potato chips to the southern USA (selling the chips from the trunk of his car).
		In 1926, Laura Scudder (who owned a potato chip factory in Monterey Park, California) invented a wax paper potato chip bag to keep the chips fresh and crunchy - this made potato chips even more popular.
	www.joneschips.com /HistoryOfPotatoChips.htm (188 words)

	Taste Kitchen: Potato Chips - Boston.com
		We were on the hunt for the perfect picnic potato chip.
		We did the same for Pringles, whose salty, powdery goodness is delightful but not in the same class as the thin puffs of potato grease we craved.
		What we were after was what Lay's refers to on the back of the bag as a ''classic-style" potato chip.
	www.boston.com /ae/food/gallery/taste_kitchen_potato_chips (164 words)

	Vegetables for a gluten-free diet Baked Potato / Sweet Potato / Yams Gluten-free cookery, the complete guide
		Medium sized potatoes are easier to cook than the very large ones.
		Cook chips in a deep pan with a shallow layer of oil.
		Peeled potatoes are much more likely to break up in the pan.
	www.peter-thomson.co.uk /glutenfree/baked_potato_sweet_potato_yams_.html (246 words)

	For the Media (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From microchips to potato chips, engineers have had a hand in nearly every part of our everyday work-and play.
		Lee's work has ranged from measuring the crispness of chips by analyzing the airborne sounds of the crunch (fresher samples were louder and emitted higher- frequency sounds that stale samples) to identifying "perceived mouth location" of snack foods.
		Although a plethora of engineering skills are needed to accomplish all these steps, it is at the point where the chips become integrated circuits that the truly remarkable engineering is done.
	www.eweek.org /site/news/Features/chips.shtml (602 words)

	PotatoFinger Potato Chips \| Chips with Attitude! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crisp, light chips made from an old family recipe, PotatoFinger Potato Chips are made without hydrogenated oils or trans fats, they're a healthier snack alternative with a sassy, fresh appeal.
		Chipper potatoes are smaller and rounder than baking potatoes, and with less starch and lower sugar.
		Once the potatoes are harvested, sorted and cleaned they are packed loosely in a truck and taken to the chip factory.
	www.potatofinger.com /thechips.htm (480 words)

	Uncle Ray's Potato Chips - Ripple Potato Chips,BBQ Potato Chips,Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips,Dill Potato ...
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