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Invention of Potato Chips
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 ......................, but one day a visitor complained that the slices were too thick. | EXPENSIVE |
B12 | Crum made thinner slices, but the ...................... customer was still dissatisfied. | NERVE |
B13 | Crum finally made fries that were too thin to eat with a fork, hoping to annoy the ...................... difficult customer. | EXTREME |
B14 | But the customer was happy — and that was the ...................... of potato chips! | INVENT |
B15 | ...................... manufacturing of potato chips began in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895. | INDUSTRY |
B16 | The chips gained even more ...................... in 1926 when a wax paper potato chip bag was invented that helped to keep them fresh and crisp. | POPULAR |