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Four Snack Foods Discovered By Mistake
Throughout history, many accidents have been developed into machines, building materials, toys, and even snack foods. If not for those intrepid souls and their entrepreneurial spirit, we might not have this plateful of the most popular snack foods on the market today.
Cheese
Early documentation shows that around 2000 B.C., the Egyptians were storing animal milk in bags made from animal skins, usually while traveling. The hot sun, fermentation time, and the galloping or swaying motion of the burdened animals would separate the milk into curds and whey. Nomadic Arabs discovered that draining the curds and adding a bit of salt would produce a light snack, in addition to drinking the whey (thus experimenting way long before Miss Muffet showed up).
Potato Chips
In 1853, American Indian George Crum worked as a chef at Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs, New York. One item on the menu was a French-fried potato, which was normally included with dinner. One evening a guest at the resort refused the thick slices of potato, so Crum cut them…
