In the summer of 1853, Native American George Crum was employed as a chef at an elegant resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. One dinner guest found Crum's French fries too thick for his liking and rejected the order. Crum decided to rile the guest by producing fries too thin and crisp to skewer with a fork. The plan backfired. The guest was ecstatic over the browned, paper-thin potatoes, and other diners began requesting Crum's potato chips. Invention: August 24, 1853 Definition: noun / po•ta•to chips Function: Snack food made of a thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until crisp and then usually salted. Also known as Saratoga Chips. Patent: Never patented. Inventor: George Crum (a.k.a. George Speck*) Criteria: First to invent. Birth: 1822 Saratoga Lake, New York Death: 1914 Saratoga Lake, New York Nationality: Narive American Happy to know: • Americans today consume more potato chips than any other people in the world. • As a world food, potatoes are second in human consumption only to rice. And as thin, salted, crisp chips, they are the most preferred food. • The potato used for making chips is not the same brand of potato we get at the super market. Special varieties are grown specifically for chips. They are called “chipping” potatoes and have to be specially ordered. Tizi Foods has come with an another amazing and Africa’s own Mr. Bingo who is preparing the same crisps for the entire nation. Tizi Foods has taken an initiative to deliver the Mr. Bingo’s all new, crunchy and Mouth watering preparation to every single street in Africa. Mr. Bingo is actually a Tribute from Tizi Foods to the inventor of worlds most sought after snack-potato crisps , Mr. George Crum.