Good Morning !
My Late Father used to work for Scotties Potato Chip Company , the plant was located in New Minus Nova Scotia. Needless to say as kids we had our fair share of chips in the house , even got to tour the plant a few times . We would be given paper hats to wear and a paper bucket to collect hot chips fresh off the conveyor belts , it was an experience and a memorable treat. The plant remains but the company has since been bough out by ( Frito -Lay ) About a year later Acadia Foods was purchased by General Foods and Scotties was rebranded under Hostess Foods, a GF subsidiary. The Scotties brand eventually disappeared when Hostess Foods partnered with Frito-Lay (owned by PepsiCo) in 1987
At one point in time The Hostess Chip company thought it would be a good Idea to have These Flavors ” See Photo Below”
They were an epic fail but a great conversation starter .
Today we celebrate Potato Chip Day !
Why?
It was invented by chef George Crum (yup, ‘Crum’!) on this day in 1853 at a resort in Saratoga Springs NY after an uppity diner complained the potato slices were too thick.
A number of notable accounts have disputed the story of Crum’s culinary innovation. Recipes for frying thin potato slices had already been published in cookbooks by the early 1800s. Additionally, several reports on Crum himself—including a 1983 commissioned biography of the chef and his own obituary—curiously lacked any mention of potato chips whatsoever.
