Mistake or Genius Invention?

So everyone has had a day in the kitchen when it seems like nothing is going right. The chicken is burning and the cake is flat and for some reason you can't get the smoke out of the kitchen! Well here's a look at some foods that were created from chef's carelessness and lack of attention :)

Potato Chips

Your not human unless you have indulged in millions and millions of tiny little fried creations called.... Chips!! So salty and crunchy and flavorful my mouth is watering already!! Well they all started in 1853, in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Carey Moon Lake House was a popular vacation spot for many of the wealthier citizens of New York.  One sunny day a customer had order some fried potatoes, similar to what our home fries look like today. The customer was constantly sending them back and ordering them to be more crispy. After about the fourth time, the chef had grown angry with the customer and had dropped all the potatoes into the oil and had cooked them until they were insanely crispy. He had added a little salt to them and had sent them out to the customer hoping that the customer would be displeased once again and to everyone amazement the customer had loved them and shared them with everyone at his table. Thus began Americas extreme love of potato chips:)

Coffee

The truth of this one is a bit murky, but the Legend of Kaldi maintains that an Abyssian or Ethopian goat herder noticed that his flock was acting especially frisky after chowing down on some bright red berries. After sampling some for himself and verifying the mood shift, he brought the berries to a local imam who studied them, eventually roasting and boiling a batch in water, thus brewing up the original cup o' Joe.

Corn Flakes

Strict Seventh Day Adventists John Harvey and Will Keith Kellogg weren't about to waste the stale, boiled wheat Will had left sitting out at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. They attempted to make long sheets of dough, but the process resulted in flakes, which they then toasted. Patients loved the new dish, and after experimenting with various grains, including corn, the brothers sought a patent for this Granose. The Kellogg's company was formed in 1906, but John refused to take part, as he felt the addition of sugar to the corn flakes decreased their health benefit.

Popsicles

One chilly night in 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson left his soda making equipment outside on his San Francisco porch. The next day, he found that stick with which he'd been stirring flavored powder into water had frozen upright in the mixture. In 1924, he applied for a patent for this "Epsicle," which he then re dubbed "Popsicle," supposedly at the urging of his children.