[Lee Stewart]

The incredibly popular chip was invented quite inadvertently, the salty snack was first created as a form of revenge. At the Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853, Cornelius Vanderbilt sent his French fries back to the kitchen for being too thick. In outrage, waiter George Crum prepared them again as thin and hard as possible. Although this origin story is sometimes contested, the restaurant is where they gained popularity.