George crum potato chip inventor biography
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George Speck
American cook, guide, and hunter
For the first conductor of the National Ballet of Canada, see George Crum (musician). For the avant garde musician, see George Crumb.
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George Speck with his sister Catherine "Aunt Kate" Wicks | |
| Born | George Speck (1824-07-15)July 15, 1824 Saratoga County, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 1914(1914-07-22) (aged 90) Malta, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Parent(s) | Abraham Speck, Diana Tull[citation needed] |
George Speck (also known as George Crum;[1] July 15, 1824 – July 22, 1914) was an American chef.
Speck was born in Saratoga County, New York. He was a member of the Mohawk people. He worked as a hunter, guide and cook in the Adirondack Mountains, becoming noted for his culinary skills after being hired at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs. His specialties included wild meat, especially venison and duck. Speck later left Moon's and opened his own restaurant
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George Crum was born as George Speck in 1822in Saratoga Lake, New York, the son of a Huron Native-American mother and an African-American father who worked as a jockey. He worked for a while as a mountain guide and trapper in the Adirondack Mountains in New York.
In 1853 he became the head chef at the Cary Moon’s Lake House in Lake Saratoga, New York and on one evening set out preparing the evening dinner for the guests. He intended to make french fries but a guest complained that they were too thick. Annoyed, he prepared another batch and sliced the potatoes extremely thin. After deep frying them in oil he found them very thin and very crisp and after adding salt funnen that the guests loved them. George began preparing the potatoes this way and they would soon become known as potato chips.
In 1860 George decided to open his own restaurant on Malta Avenue in Saratoga Lake. He featured potato chips as appetizers on each table. The restaurant was very successful and operated fo
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George Crum, Inventor of the Potato Chip
George Crum (born George Speck, 1824–1914) was a renowned African American chef who worked at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York during the mid-1800s. According to culinary legend, Crum invented the potato chip during his work at the restaurant.
Fast Facts: George Crum
- Known For: Inventing potato chips after slicing an order of french fries extra thin to spite a demanding customer. The story has since been debunked as a myth, but Crum achieved success when he opened Crum's, a popular restaurant in Malta, New York.
- Also Known As: George Speck
- Born: July 15, 1824, in Saratoga Springs, New York
- Died: July 22, 1914, in Malta, New York
The Potato Chip Legend
George Speck was born to parents Abraham Speck and Diana Tull on July 15, 1824. He grew up in upstate New York and, in the 1850s, was hired at Moon's Lake House, a high-end restaurant that catered to wealthy Manhattan families. A regular