Salty Snack Creator George Crum Speck

From Dud Spuds Came Crispy Chips

Black and white illustration of a man with dark hair, a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, with a serious expression.

Based on prompts from the 2024 Theydrawtober challenge by They-Draw.com Alex created portraits. His focus was biography over image. Instead of using a suggested prompt to draw food or baked goods he created a portrait of an inventor or innovator. Life experiences make a person. Accomplishments by the people he illustrated couldn’t be overlooked. He included a bit of their individual history with their portrait.

Thanks George Crum Speck, Creator Of The Potato Chip

According to a legend, in the 1850s George “Crum” Speck invented the POTATO CHIP out of revenge toward a picky restaurant patron, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Meanwhile, George’s sister, Kate Wicks, claimed to be the real inventor of the potato chip. But recipes for frying thin potato slices had already been published in cookbooks by the early 1800s. Later, Herman Lay turned Speck’s boujie potato chip into a popular salty snack.