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According to a traditional story, the original potato chip recipe was created in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 24, 1853.

Agitated by a patron repeatedly sending his fried potatoes back because they were too thick, soggy and bland, resort hotel chef, George Crum, decided to slice the potatoes as thin as possible, frying them until crisp and seasoning them with extra salt.

Contrary to Crum's expectation, the patron ( sometimes identified as Cornelius Vanderbilt ) loved the new chips and they soon became a regular item on the lodge's menu under the name " Saratoga Chips ".

Alternative explanations of the provenance of potato chips date them to recipes in Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer ( 1845 ) or Mary Randolph's The Virginia House-Wife ( 1824 ).