Amplify’d from www.lovechips.co.uk
Chip History
Ancestors of the Incas first ate potatoes 6000 years ago. It was more than 5000 years later when they crossed the Atlantic into Europe, taking 200 years to get firmly established. Potatoes became fashionable in the eighteenth century when Marie Antoinette paraded through the French countryside wearing potato blossoms in her hair.
The First Chip!
Chips are a French invention that has become an English tradition. In the eighteenth century the first ‘pomme frites’ (fried potatoes/chips) were served. 1854 is thought to be the first mention in Britain, when a leading chef included ‘thin cut potatoes cooked in oil’ in his recipe book, Shilling Cookery.
Read more at www.lovechips.co.uk
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/ak4n
No comments:
Post a Comment