March 14 is also National Potato Chip day in the US. Americans consume 1.2 billion pounds (over 17 billion US dollars) of potato chips each year. It remains the nation’s favorite snack food. A recent survey showed 86% of US and France consume potato crisps/potato chips followed by 84% of Brits and 72% of Egyptians. Bottom of the scale is China with 28% consumption.
Detroit, Michigan leads the way in potato chip consumption; in fact, it is the potato chip consumption capital of the country. Detroiters consume an average of seven pounds of chips per year; the rest of the country about four pounds.
Have some fun, eat more chips and rest assured that all calories have been removed from all potato chips in the world for one day only. I have eaten hundreds of brands of chips from around the world, including the original Saratoga chips, but still prefer Better Made Potato Chips from Detroit Michigan, USA. Celebrity chef Rachael Ray named the Better Made's salt-and-vinegar chips the best in the nation.
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Jul 11, 2014
Fifteen Detroit Facts
Detroit, Michigan might not be the
city it once was, but it does have a prestigious history and a few
firsts attributed to it.
The very first news broadcast came out of Detroit on WWJ.
Detroit was the first city to assign individual phone numbers, in 1879.
It is potato chip capital of the world… per consumption. (Love those Better Made chips)
Ice cream soda was invented in Detroit.
Pizza deliveryman Richard Davis invented the bulletproof vest, after being attacked by three armed robbers during a delivery. (DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek, who passed away last month, discovered Kevlar in 1965).
Detroit has more registered bowlers than any other city.
The salt mines beneath Detroit could keep food flavored for over seventy thousand years.
Elijay J. McCoy invented the best lubrication system for locomotives and other machinery in 1872. Manufacturers wanted the best, “the real McCoy.” (That’s where the saying came from).
The first four-way traffic light was in Detroit, at the intersection of Woodward and Fort St.
A one-mile stretch of Detroit road was paved with concrete in 1908, making it the world's first concrete-paved road.
Vernor's Ginger Ale was invented there.
The first air-conditioned car was manufactured in 1939 by Detroit's Packard Motor Car Company.
The J.W. Westcott II, Detroit, is the world's only floating post office, as it delivers mail to ships as they pass under the Ambassador Bridge (I once rode on it).
The first tunnel connecting two countries in the world is the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Belle Isle, in Detroit is the largest island park in the US.
The very first news broadcast came out of Detroit on WWJ.
Detroit was the first city to assign individual phone numbers, in 1879.
It is potato chip capital of the world… per consumption. (Love those Better Made chips)
Ice cream soda was invented in Detroit.
Pizza deliveryman Richard Davis invented the bulletproof vest, after being attacked by three armed robbers during a delivery. (DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek, who passed away last month, discovered Kevlar in 1965).
Detroit has more registered bowlers than any other city.
The salt mines beneath Detroit could keep food flavored for over seventy thousand years.
Elijay J. McCoy invented the best lubrication system for locomotives and other machinery in 1872. Manufacturers wanted the best, “the real McCoy.” (That’s where the saying came from).
The first four-way traffic light was in Detroit, at the intersection of Woodward and Fort St.
A one-mile stretch of Detroit road was paved with concrete in 1908, making it the world's first concrete-paved road.
Vernor's Ginger Ale was invented there.
The first air-conditioned car was manufactured in 1939 by Detroit's Packard Motor Car Company.
The J.W. Westcott II, Detroit, is the world's only floating post office, as it delivers mail to ships as they pass under the Ambassador Bridge (I once rode on it).
The first tunnel connecting two countries in the world is the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Belle Isle, in Detroit is the largest island park in the US.
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