About: George Speck, aka George Crum worked as a hunter, guide and cook in the Adirondack Mountains. The “Moon’s lake house”, amazed by his cooking skills, hired him as a cook there. His specialties were cooking wild meat, specially duck and venison. He later left Moon’s and opened his own restaurant, named Crum’s, which was popular with wealthy tourist. Enough about him, let’s talk about his perfect creation. The potato chip. He made potato chips when there was “an annoying french customer” (makes sense) who kept sending back his fries, saying it was “too thick, too soft and too cold”. Crum was angry, but who wouldn’t be angry. Crum made the thinest, crunchiest, potatoes and fried them in grease, then gave them the meal. The customer loved the chips. Who wouldn’t? Some other customers soon asked for the same meal, thus making it the most popular treat at Moon’s Lake. Crum didn’t patent the chips, so other grocery stores started to make their own chips, putting them in bags and then putting them on display. Now the industry is worth $1 billion.

There is also other sources that say his sister made the chips, by cutting a potato, then a thinly cut piece of potato fell into grease. She fished it out with a fork then said “We’ll have more of that” It could be true but I wrote too much to erase all of this.

Early Life: George Speck was half african american, half native american. His family identified as St. Regis Mohawk Tribe.

Born: July 15th, 1824

Died: July 22nd, 1914