Thursday, March 26, 2015

Accidental Inventions

Today, I have learned the new articles in the Four Corners course book. It talked about three Accidental Inventions.

The Tea Bag
Thomas Sullivan introduced tea bags to the world in 1908. He was a New York tea importer. He sent tea to his clients in tin can. But tin was so heavy and expensive that he needed a more convenient way to send it. So he designed inexpensive bags to hold the tea leaves and sent them instead. Thomas's customers were supposed to open the bags and put the leaves in hot water. Instead, they used the entire bag. But this innovation worked! Immediately, tea bags proved to be a big success.


Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ruth Wakefield created an accidental invention in her Massachusetts hotel in 1930. One day, Ruth didn't have enough chocolate for her usual chocolate cookie recipe. So she cut a chocolate bar into small pieces and made more cookies with less chocolate. The chocolate chips didn't melt completely, but her guests loved them! Ruth developed the original chocolate chip cookie. And her recipe has never needed much improvement. It's still the world's most popular chocolate chip cookie recipe today.



Potato Chip
In 1853, a customer in a restaurant sent his French back to the kitchen several times because the weren't thin enough. The chef was so angry that he sliced them even thinner, fried them again, and sent them back to the customer. The customer liked them a lot, he asked for more. The chef's creation was such a success that they were requested by other customers, too. At that time they were only salted, but since then, lots of different flavors have been developed.

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