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334 Chapter 11 Word Elements: The Body and HealthDid You Know?How Did Snacks Originate?If you are like most people, you are far more likely to snack on a packageof potato chips than on a raw carrot. Modern life is filled with “junk food”that is perhaps not healthy, but is tasty and readily available in packagedform. The names of these treats are part of our history.Erperlstrom, 2009/Used under license from Shutterstock.comIt is not entirely clear how the potato chip, which originated in the1860s, got its name. According to one story, Chef George Crum had anannoying customer who kept complaining that his french fries were toothick. Mr. Crum cut the potatoes into thinner and thinner slices until thepotato chip was born. However, others say that California settlers ofSpanish descent invented the potato chip. In any event, the first potatochip factory opened in 1925.In 1896 Leo Hirschfield, an Austrian immigrant, invented a chewycandy and gave it the nickname of his childhood sweetheart, Tootsie.Today we still enjoy Tootsie Rolls. In the 1940s, the daughter of CharlesLubin gave her name, Sara Lee, to cakes and desserts.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.