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George Crum invented the potato chip in 1853, by pure accident. He was fed up with a customer complaining about soggy and thick potato's, and the thing he did to teach the patron a lesson, would change the world.

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After George Crum was tired of the man complaining about thick and soggy potato's, he was going to try and teach the patron a lesson, and he thinly sliced the potato and fried them to a crisp, surprisingly it was a huge hit with the patron!

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Potato chips were stored in paper bags for a long time, which made them have a short shelf life and spoil easily, until Laura Scudder would revolutionize this, and find out a way to fix this problem that plagued the potato chip industry.

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Laura Scudder would have her workers iron wax sheets into the form of a bag, and then have a warm iron pressed against the top, sealing shut and greatly preserving the chips inside, and helped them from behind smashed.

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Potato chips didn't gain much popularity until the 1920's, because they were just such a simple thing that they nearly worked with everything that you ate, or were just a really good snack that you could have. There are different ways that you are able to have chips, and this would boost their popularity greatly.

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The popularity of chips jumped up in the 1920's, and why? They didn't really spread anywhere when they were in New York. It was just for the local community, but when the 1920's came, I believe that they spread across the United States, and they became super popular because of their simplicity, and able to be preserved for a lunch, or a snack, etc.

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The Irish company Tayto set out in 1954 to give flavoring to the potato chip world, and once they figured out how to do this they released the flavors Cheese and Onion, and Salt and Vinegar, and even more flavors were invented.

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In the US especially, new flavors of potato chips were invented, a couple of the most popular flavors are still around today, example: sour cream and onion, and barbecue are two of the most popular flavors still around.

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www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2016/03/14/surprising-history-potato-chips.html
www.thoughtco.com/history-of-potato-chips-1991777
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/joe-spud-murphy-the-man-w_n_1437270.html