Zinger · Roswell alien
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Potato chips were invented in 1853 when an angered…
Q: Potato chips were invented in 1853 when an angered chef deliberately overcooked a batch of French fries for railroad tycoon Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.
A: Fiction. This is almost fact: potato chips were created by an angered chef in 1853 who deliberately set out to handle a hard-to-please customer, but the customer was not a famous person.
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