[Sca-cooks] Tea water, was raised crusts

[A F Murphy]

Yep. Saratoga Springs. They were called Saratoga chips for a long time!

But that worked better than the time I ordered Five Alarm Chili and got
something that might possibly have been made with a can of chili powder
in the kitchen... not the pot, mind you, but at least the same room. I
asked for tabasco. The cook took it back... and, I think, added a box of
cayenne. Yes, a few will punish you.  But most, don't. Most are really
nice about it, *IF* they understand the problem. The problem with the
tea is that they really have no idea what I am talking about...

Anne

Mark.S Harris wrote:

>
>Sometimes this results in the unexpected. Apparently there was a
>customer in the northeast US who asked that his fried potatoes, ie:
>what the Americans call "French fries" and what the British
>call "chips" be sliced thinly. When they came out, he got
>upset and sent them back, saying they were not thin enough. The cook,
>figuring he'd get even for this insolence, sliced the potatos wafer
>thin, fried them and sent them out. The customer thought these were
>wonderful and raved about them to his friends, who came in asking
>for them. Thus was born the American potato chip industry.
>
>Stefan li Rous
>