Who Invented Nachos and the Potato Chip? Is the Green Part of the Potato Bad for You? And Much, Much More
The BrainFood Show
Cloud10
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 1:04.7 | Few junk food items have ever reached the heights of general and almost universal popularity as the humble potato chip and its tasty derivative brethren the tortilla chip. |
| 1:08.9 | But who invented the potato chip and it's cheesy and blessed of the light modification, |
| 1:13.2 | nachos? |
| 1:13.9 | How about the invention of tasty, tasty Doritos? |
| 1:15.9 | Well, I'm glad you asked, because that's what we're going to discuss today. |
| 1:18.9 | As well as along the way, what those little black spots you find in tortilla chips are, |
| 1:23.9 | what's up with the green potato chips, and are they really poisonous? |
| 1:26.6 | Who invented the thicker fried potato variety of goodness that we call the French fry? And why Pringles |
| 1:32.5 | are sort of the red-headed stepchild of the potato chip world? Not really worthy to be even |
| 1:37.1 | called such. So put on your nacho sombrero, lather yourself in cheese dip in guacamole and |
| 1:41.4 | let's dive in, shall we? First, who invented the noble and in all ways exquisitely glorious potato chip? |
| 1:47.7 | The prevailing story of the origin of the chip of potato starts in Saratoga Springs, |
| 1:51.7 | New York, a historically affluent resort community. |
| 1:54.8 | The year was 1853, eight years before the beginning of the American Civil War. |
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