<P> The earliest known recipe for potato chips is in William Kitchiner 's cookbook The Cook 's Oracle , first published in 1817 , which was a bestseller in England and the United States . The 1822 edition 's version of recipe 104 is called `` Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings '' and reads `` peel large potatoes , slice them about a quarter of an inch thick , or cut them in shavings round and round , as you would peel a lemon ; dry them well in a clean cloth , and fry them in lard or dripping '' . Early recipes for potato chips in the United States are found in Mary Randolph 's Virginia House - Wife ( 1824 ) , and in N.K.M. Lee 's Cook 's Own Book ( 1832 ) , both of which explicitly cite Kitchiner . </P>
<P> The earliest known recipe for potato chips is in William Kitchiner 's cookbook The Cook 's Oracle , first published in 1817 , which was a bestseller in England and the United States . The 1822 edition 's version of recipe 104 is called `` Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings '' and reads `` peel large potatoes , slice them about a quarter of an inch thick , or cut them in shavings round and round , as you would peel a lemon ; dry them well in a clean cloth , and fry them in lard or dripping '' . Early recipes for potato chips in the United States are found in Mary Randolph 's Virginia House - Wife ( 1824 ) , and in N.K.M. Lee 's Cook 's Own Book ( 1832 ) , both of which explicitly cite Kitchiner . </P>
who invented potato chips and when was it invented
who invented potato chips and when was it invented
William Kitchiner 1817
William Kitchiner 1817