I notice that there's a dispute going on about this on Wikipedia,
between those who accept a single inventor in Saratoga c 1853, and
others who assume a gradual evolution.

Does anyone have any info? I'm just curious.

(Though generally I tend to be a mite suspicious of single inventors)

Lazarus

In this case, the single inventor is fairly well documented, despite the urban mythic quality of the story: famous customer, sudden rush, improvisation. The gradual evolutionists aren't wrong, and it is likely that others made very thin potato fries previously now and then, but there is a pretty clear line of popularization back to Speck.


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"Lazarus Cooke" > wrote in message news:031020071039481674%lazaruscooke@britishlibrar y.invalid...
I notice that there's a dispute going on about this on Wikipedia,
between those who accept a single inventor in Saratoga c 1853, and
others who assume a gradual evolution.

Does anyone have any info? I'm just curious.

(Though generally I tend to be a mite suspicious of single inventors)

Lazarus

In article >, Mark Zanger
> wrote:

> In this case, the single inventor is fairly well documented, despite the =
> urban mythic quality of the story: famous customer, sudden rush, =
> improvisation. The gradual evolutionists aren't wrong, and it is likely =
> that others made very thin potato fries previously now and then, but =
> there is a pretty clear line of popularization back to Speck.
>
Many thanks Mark - the inquiry was just because of a desire to know
what's what.

Lazarus