B11

The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum who was a chef at a restaurant in New York. Fried potatoes were popular at the restaurant because they were rather inexpensive, but one day a visitor complained that the slices were too thick.

EXPENSIVE

B12

Crum made thinner slices, but the nervous customer was still dissatisfied.

NERVE

B13

Crum finally made fries that were too thin to eat with a fork, hoping to annoy the extremely difficult customer.

EXTREME

B14

But the customer was happy — and that was the invention of potato chips!

INVENT

B15

Industrial manufacturing of potato chips began in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895.

INDUSTRY

B16

The chips gained even more popularity in 1926 when a wax paper potato chip bag was invented that helped to keep them fresh and crisp.

POPULAR