Another important inventor was Laura Scudder. In the 1920s, she had a very clever idea. She told her workers to take hot crisps and put them in wax paper bags. Then, they ironed the top of the bag to close it. This kept the air out and the crisps fresh. This was the first crisp “packet.” Now, people could buy crisps in a shop and keep them at home for several days.

Answer: The customer loved them. He said they were delicious and asked for more.

The waiter took the plate of very thin, hard, salty potatoes to the customer. Everyone in the kitchen waited for the customer to complain. But something surprising happened. The customer loved them! He said they were delicious. He asked for more.

Every day, millions of people open a packet of crisps. In the United States, people call them “chips.” In the United Kingdom, they are “crisps.” They are thin, salty, and crunchy. But where did they come from? The story of the crisp is not simple. It is a story of a difficult customer, a creative chef, and a happy accident.

Answer: The only flavour for many years was salted (or sometimes just plain with a salt packet inside).

One day, a rich customer came to the restaurant. He ordered French fries. French fries were a new and fashionable food at that time. When the fries arrived, the customer looked at them and said, “These are too thick. They are soft. I do not like them. Take them back.”