Happy Potato Chip Day!

Today was National Potato Chip Day for 2025! They are so delicious! Chips, with and without salt, backed and standard! Flip on a movie or television! A potato chip makes it better! Not just one. . .

Happy Potato Chip Day ! ! ! 

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A Brief History:
Origination:  The Saratoga Chip was actually the original potato chip. On August 24, 1853, a dissatisfied diner repeatedly returned his thick and soggy potatoes to the kitchen. In response, Chef George Crum thinly sliced the potatoes, fried them to a crisp, and generously seasoned them with salt. Much to his amazement, the customer adored the new creation. These crispy delights quickly earned a permanent spot on the restaurant’s menu as “Saratoga Chips.”

Lay’s potato chips bag courtesy of Openverse

Continued Innovation:  Different explanations suggest the origin of the potato chip can be traced back to recipes found in Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer (1845) or Mary Randolph’s The Virginia House-Wife (1824). While both books mention slicing and frying potatoes in grease, it is still unclear whether the potatoes were fried until crispy. However, by the late 1870s, the term “Saratoga Chips” began appearing on menus in train cars, hotel restaurants, and street carts across the country. Bakeries started making the chips in larger quantities, which were then transported to restaurants and grocers in barrels. Grocers sold them to families by the pound, with instructions to bake them in a hot oven for a few minutes to achieve the same crispiness as if they were fried that same day.

The Classic Potato Chip : The Mike-sell’s Potato Chip Company, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio and established in 1910, proudly declares itself as the “oldest potato chip company in the United States.” On the other hand, Tri-Sum Potato Chips, based in New England and originally known as the Leominster Potato Chip Company since 1908, asserts its claim as America’s first potato chip manufacturer, located in Leominster, Massachusetts. During the 20th century, potato chips transcended their origins as a delicacy only found in restaurants and became widely produced for households. The introduction of flavored chips took place in the 1950s, adding a delightful twist to the classic snack. It’s remarkable to note that potato chip revenues exceed $15 billion annually worldwide!

A Modern Celebration: The United States’ potato chip consumption from 2011 to 2020, along with a forecast until 2024, is depicted in this statistical analysis. The data utilized in this study has been derived from the U.S. Census data and the Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS), both of which were analyzed by Statista. In 2020, it was found that approximately 284.37 million Americans consumed potato chips. Projections indicate that this number is expected to rise to 292.95 million by 2024.

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Celebrated: Since the year 1930, Detroit’s top choice for potato chips, Better Made Chips selected the day of, March 14^th as bing the national day for the potato chip.

A Few Facts:
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Some Popular Flavors of Potato Chips:

• Sour Cream & Onion
• Cheese
• Barbecue
  
• Salt & Vinegar
  
• Salt & Cracked Pepper
  
• Cheddar & Sour Cream
  
• Mesquite BBQ
  
• Wavy Ranch
  
• Salt & Vinegar
• More. . .

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Some Popular Flavors of Potato Chips:

• Standard
• Kettle-cooked
• Baked
  
• Pringles
• Wavy
• Ridged
• Crisps
• More. . .

Served Up With Some Different Toppings:

• Sour cream
• Cheese
• Sour cream & onion dip
• Multi-flavors dips
• Fast and easy chip dip
• Ranch dip
• Shrimp cream cheese spread
• Onions
• Southwest dip
• Jalapenos
• Guacamole
• Garlic dip
• More. . .

Photo by fotoblend courtesy of Pixabay

The Present:
People all over the world, including the U.S. are enjoying their potato chips, every day! Chip, chip, hooray! It’s National Potato Chip Day!

The Future:
Let’s receive great thanks and enjoy our potato chips this great year and in the years to come. . .

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National Potato Chip Day