Potatoes are the second most eaten food in the world (after rice) as some prefer mashed potatoes, while others prefer fried potatoes. For many people, nothing beats crispy potato chips.
Potatoes are a major part of the fast food snack market around the world, and they are also a major reason why the fast food and snack food business has increased dramatically. Where it can be served as a snack by itself, or as a kind of appetizer with large dining tables.
These chips can be salted or flavored with ketchup, vinegar, cheese, or other spices, herbs, and other natural and artificial flavors.
First, the potatoes had to be peeled and cut by hand. This means that making potato chips used to take a lot of time and effort. Until all that changed in the 1920s, with the invention of the mechanical potato peeler, with this technology, potato chips grew from a domestic product to a global one.
The first fried potato company was established in 1920, and it was known as Frank Smith, then the search for various types of seasonings began, and the flavors known at the time were cheese, salt, onions and vinegar.
As for the barbecue flavor, it was manufactured for the first time in the United States of America, and it was the first time to manufacture this flavor in 1954, and the first manufacturer of this flavor was a company known as Herr.
World War II increased the potato's popularity
World War II changed a lot of things, including potato chips. According to the book Food and Beverage in American History, potato chips were considered a "non-essential food," which meant that all potato chip manufacturers had to stop making them until the end of the war.
Overseas, according to The Telegraph, potato chips were already ingrained in British culture, with entire ships loaded with chips on voyages to deliver goods to Allied forces around the world.
Some interesting facts about potato chips:
Potato chips have not been patented.
Potato chips bags are not chips and air but are filled with nitrogen gas that prevents the chips from oxidation.
March 14th of each year is World Potato Chips Day.
A box of Pringles contains about 4 pieces of fries cut into chips.
Joe "Spud" Murphy developed the technology to add seasoning during manufacturing.
In 1958, barbecue-flavored potato chips became the first flavored chips in the United States. The next flavor sold was sour cream and onion.
Lay's potato chips were the first national potato chip brand.
The Frito-Lay plant in Georgia cooks about 1 million pounds of potatoes a day to make an average of 175,000 boxes of chips.
Potato chips are designed so you can't be satisfied with just one
There is actually a bit of psychology behind it all. In 2013, researchers presented some findings at the National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society. The study was about a phenomenon called emotional hunger, which is basically the idea that people eat to feel satisfied, not because they need to. actually.
Potato chips are almost a typical example of this case; Because they contain the perfect combination of fats, carbohydrates, and some other still-obscure ingredients that influence the pleasure centers in the brain.
Psychology Today says that the addictiveness of potato chips has something to do with the sodium they contain.
Fantastic consumption in the USA
Today, potato chips are one of the most popular snack foods in the world. Many claim that potato chips are America's favorite snack food. And in fact they may be right! Total retail potato chip sales in the United States are more than $6 billion annually.
The average American consumes about 1.8 kilograms of chips per year, according to the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. In 2011, the total amount Americans consumed was about 680 million kilograms.
The American Time Money website says that on Sunday, when the Super Bowl American football match is played, about five million kilograms of chips are eaten.
