Potato chips

Potato chips (or "crisps" in British usage) are potatoes split into very thin slices and deep-fried until crisp. It is believed that potatoes were first prepared in this way by George Crum, a chef in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 24, 1853. He was fed up with a customer who continued to send his fried potatoes back, because they were too thick. Crum decided to slice the potatoes so thin that they couldn't be eaten with a fork. Against Crum's expectation the guest was ecstatic about the chips.

In British usage, where these are called "crisps", the term "chips" refers to [French fried potatoes]?.

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