Accidental Food Inventions

Do you ever feel bad because you made a mistake? Remember, some of our favourite foods were discovered by accident.

Popsicles

In 1905 an eleven-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing powdered soda and water to make soda pop. Frank accidentally left the mixing bucket outside. During the night the mixture froze, with the wooden stirring stick standing straight up. But the frozen pop tasted great! Frank started selling Epperson icicles for five cents. He later changed the name to popsicles.

Potato Chips

One day in 1853, a diner at Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs, New York, refused to eat an order of French fries because they were too thick. The chef, George Crum, fried a thinner order of fries, but the customer also didn’t like these. Crum decided to teach the diner a lesson. He sliced a potato paper-thin and fried it so heavily it could not be cut with a fork. But the customer loved them! Soon other customers were asking for potato chips.

Adapted from www.factmonster.com