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Saratoga chips, as potato chips were once known, were thought to have been "invented" in the 1850's by Chef George Crum at the ultra-fashionable spa at Saratoga Springs, New York. A feisty customer kept returning an order of fried potatoes because they weren't thin enough. Finally, in a rage, Chef Crum cut them so thin they were nearly opaque. He then immersed them in a pan of boiling fat till golden. Served thus, the patron loved them. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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